Ten Favorite Phrases or Sentences: Of Mice and Men Favorite Phrases or Sentences 1. No reason at all for you.

I like it here. Tomorra were onna o to work!Toni ht Im onna lay ri ht here an" loo# u#. I like it$ %Stein&eck '(. .. /ith us it aint like that. /e ot a future. /e ot some&o"y to talk to that ives a "amn a&out us. /e "ont have to sit in no &ar room &lowin in our 0ack 0us &ecause we ot no #lace to o to. If them other uy ets in 0ail they can rot for all any&o"y ives a "amn. 1ut not us$ %Stein&eck 12(. 4. 5n live off the fatta the lan $ %Stein&eck 12(. 2. -ets have "ifferent color ra&&its, *eor e.$! Sure we will,!6e" an" &lue an" reen ra&&its -ennie. 7illions of em $ %Stein&eck 18(. ;. I "i"nt hear nothin you uys was sayin. I aint intereste" in nothin you was sayin. 5 uy on a I like the way -ennie says it with so much enthusiasm everytime, yet he is the only o&stacle to their shre" "ream. 9f course there are no re", &lue or reen ra&&its. The way *eor e talks to -ennie like he is a little ki" is heart:warmin . <an"y has learne" not to interfere with other #eo#les &usiness from years of e=#erience on a ranch. It shows how ol" Reason This )uote from *eor e shows how he lon s for free"om + free from workin for someone, an" free from takin care of -ennie all the time. I like how *eor e tells -ennie the story every time with so much ho#e. 3ven a solemn #erson like *eor e ha" a "ream once. The )uote is also very ironic com#are" to the en"in of the story.

ranch "ont ever listen nor he "ont ast no )uestions$%Stein&eck .2( 8. *eor es voice was talkin on a tol" of confession $ %Stein&eck 2>(.

#eo#le are often very wise &ecause of e=#erience. *eor e is tellin Slim how he came to sto# a&usin -ennie. I think its very #rofoun" how this shows humans sava ery usually "oesnt come to a sto# till they almost witness "eath, an" often its too late when

?. <ause Im &lack. They #lay car"s in there, &ut I cant #lay &ecause Im &lack. They say I stink. /ell, I tell you, you all of you stink to me$ %Stein&eck 8'(. '. !The white ki"s come to #lay at our #lace, an sometimes I went to #lay with them, an" some of them were #retty nice. 7y ol man "i"nt like that. I never knew till lon later why he "i"nt like that. 1ut I know now $ %Stein&eck ?>(. A. No&o"y ets to heaven, an" no&o"y ets no lan". Its 0us in their hea". Theyre all the time talkin a&out it, its 0us in their hea"$ %Stein&eck ?2(

they "o. I think its true when you think someone is evil they think the same of you. It is the same here with <rooks.

3veryone loses their innocence when they row ol"er@ its sa", yet inevita&le. I can ima ine how <rooks rows ol"er an" fin" out a&out the cruel truth of racial "iscrimination, it must &e very #ainful.

I think this is very true + everyone always wants somethin , &ut theres always somethin in life one cannot et. Theres always re ret in life. Beaven, in my o#inion, "oes not really e=ist, its 0ust a lure

for #eo#le to &elieve in *o" an" not to "o 1>. No, -ennie I aint ma". I never &een ma", an I aint now. Thats a thin I want ya to know$ %Stein&eck 1>8(. sin@ &ut who "oesnt sinC /hen I rea" this line for the first time, I wante" to cry. I think it was very sa" how *eor e has to kill his only true an" loyal frien" he will ever has.