Description | “powerful, big-stomached man” |
Makes fun of people | “He ain’t very small” & “chuckled softly at his joke” |
Lack of emotion, pragmatic | “Why don’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one of the pups to raise up?” |
Respects Slim | “Carlson stepped back to let Slim precede him” |
Brutal reality | “Tell you what, I’ll shoot him for you, then it won’t be you who does it.” |
Brutal, physically unafraid of Curley, follows Silm’s lead | “You god-darn punk” & “you come for me and I’ll kick you god-darn head off.” |
Simple reaction: simple, straightforward language, simple sentence | “I’ll get my luger.” |
Finally symbolic comment: lack of empath, incomprehension, use of metaphor, why did Steinbeck choose Carlson’s voice to finish? | “Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?” |
English Literature Quotes “Of Mice and Men” Carlson
April 29, 2020