Quote by
John Steinbeck
: “Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much….”
Who said everybody wants a little piece of LAN?
Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. In this passage from Section 4 , after
Lennie
shares with Crooks his plan to buy a farm with George and raise rabbits, Crooks tries to deflate Lennie’s hopes.
Crooks believes that George and Lennie’s plan
to have a small farm is just a pipe dream
because he has seen “hundreds of men” come through with the same hopes and never have the dreams been fulfilled, nor have any others, for that matter.
What does candy say about crooks?
Candy explains that
Crooks is a loner who’d rather stay to himself
, but later on the reader understands that he really has no other choice.
What does crooks mean by Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land?
So when Lennie first tells him about the dream he and George have of a farm, Crooks simply doesn’t believe it can happen. That’s why he says,” Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land.” In other words,
heaven doesn’t exist for Crooks and neither do the fulfillment of dreams
.
What did Candy want to talk to Lennie about?
Candy talks to Lennie about
raising rabbits on the farm
. He has been busy calculating numbers and thinks he knows how the farm can make some money with rabbits. Crooks continues to belittle their dream until Candy insists that they already have the land picked out and nearly all the money they’ll need to buy it.
What does crooks say is in everyone’s heads?
Crooks says, “
Everybody wants a little piece of Ian… and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head.
” Is it possible that George,Lennie, and Candy will be the exception to this?
What does crooks rub on his back?
Crooks is
rubbing salve
on his back. He earned the nickname Crooks because a horse kicked him and now he is permanently crooked- hence “Crooks”. This seems like a fairly unimportant event in the story, but in fact it is this injury that binds Lennie and Crooks because they both have deficiencies.
What does crooks say about the dream?
Crooks at first repudiates Lennie’s idea that he and George are going to buy a farm and live off the fat of the land. He calls the dream a fantasy,
stating, Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head
.
What does Lennie’s death symbolize?
Because George is forced to kill his friend himself, Lennie’s death is not only
the death of a single vulnerable person
, but also the destruction of a rare and idealized friendship.
How does crooks get his name?
Crooks is a lively, sharp-witted, black stable-hand, who takes his name
from his crooked back
.
What is the last thing Crooks says to Candy?
Crooks senses he would also suffer discrimination and ostracism because he is black. When Candy is leaving his room, Crooks calls him back and asks: “‘
Member what I said about hoein’ and doin’ odd jobs?
” “Yeah,” said Candy.
What is the relationship between candy and crooks?
Both Candy and Crooks
understand what it feels like to be treated as an outcast
. Both men feel worthless in the sight of the other ranch hands. Regardless the hard work that either has contributed, each man feels a sense of not being wanted.
Why can’t I talk to you I never get to talk to nobody I get awful lonely?
When
Lennie tells
Curley’s wife that he is not allowed to speak to her, she laments about her lonely situation by saying, “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (Steinbeck, 43).
What does Lennie say when he kills the puppy?
In Chapter 5, Lennie accidently kills his puppy by being too rough with it. When Lennie is holding the dead puppy, he looks at it and says, “
You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard”
(Steinbeck 42). Interestingly, Lennie is not upset at himself.
What is George and Lennie’s dream?
George and Lennie have a dream: to scrounge enough money together to someday buy their own little house and a plot of land to farm. They dream
of roots, stability, and independence
. They encounter other dreamers in their travels, those grasping for a tomorrow that seems always just out of their grasp.
