Of Mice And Men And Crooks Essay

Martin Luthern King Jr. once said, “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Crooks, from the book Of Mice And Men, and Martin Luthern King Jr. were both treated poorly based on their race. During both of the times when Martin Luther King Jr. made this speech and when the book Of Mice And Men was written racism was a big thing, lots of people were judged on their color. Crooks was discriminated and treated poorly based on his color throughout the whole story Of Mice And Men. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Crooks faced discrimination based on his Race. For a start, Crooks was discriminated for their race by almost everyone in the book. Crooks, an African American man that worked on the farm in the story Of Mice And Men was
He shows a lot of mixed personalities. He doesn't seem as friendly, from being discriminated as a kid he built a wall to keep his real emotions hidden. At one point in the story Crooks is very mean to Lennie when he first sees him Crooks said sharply “ You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me”(Steinbeck,68). But then When Crooks was taking to Curley's wife this happened, Crooks tried to stand up to Curley's wife and face her, She turned on him in scorn. Crooks stared hopelessly at her, and then he sat on his bunk and drew into himself. Crooks had reduced himself to nothing There was no personality no ego (Steinbeck,80). These two quotes show how Crooks puts out different personalities, sometimes mean sometimes scared, just to protect himself. It seems as if Crooks can't stand up to a certain person like he does to others, that he will just back down in fear and then is shown a lot when he's talking to Curley's wife like he was in the