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    Crooks Diary Entry Tonight Lennie an’ Candy came in to my room. I argued with Lennie first tellin’ him he aint got no right to come in to my room. But the stubborn guy didn’t understand and jus’ came in anyway. He was sayin’ he wanted to tend some pup of his. I let him stay and come in. Lennie started talkin’ to me bout rabbits and a place he‚ candy and George was gonna get. I told him he was nuts‚ jus’ nuts. But Lennie kept sayin’ an’ repeatin’ ‘it aint no lie’ and ‘were gonna do it’. I don’t

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    Of Mice and Men – Chapter Four - Crooks Essay Crooks is a literate black man who tends horses on the ranch. He has long been the victim of oppressive violence and prejudice and has retired behind a facade of aloofness and reserve‚ his natural personality deadened and suppressed by years of antagonism. Crooks is the only black man in the novel. He has a cynical intelligence and a contemptuous demeanor that he uses to prevent others from inevitably excluding him because of his race. This sign of intelligence

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    OF MICE AND MEN QUOTES & NOTES ^_^ George Milton -“I been mean‚ ain’t I?” --> George is a good friend to Lennie. He protects him and does what is necessary to keep him out of trouble. -“If I was alone I could live so easy” --> Lennie is a burden to George -“I want you to stay with me‚ Lennie” –George --> conveys Georges loneliness Lennie Small -“paws”  animalistic quality; bear -“all you can ever remember is them rabbits” –George.  Lennie represents idealism and optimism in the American

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    Aside from the obviouse‚ George and Lenie‚ Crooks played an important role in‚ Of Mice and men by John Stienbeck. Crooks is thought of as the lowest rank on the ranch. He is looking for companions but he goes about it in an around about way. He is a very smart man but no one on the ranch bothers to listen to him because he is black. Crooks is a very lonely and grumpy old man. He has a croked back were a horse kiked him. He is the stable buck on the ranch but he usally keeps to imself and stays in

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    26th March 2014 GSCE ‘English Language’ Controlled Assessment Unit 3b – Producing Creative Texts Re-creations – Taking a text and turning it into another Write a monologue using a chosen character from “Of Mice and Men”. Crooks I like the new guys. George is a nice fella‚ an’ so is Lennie. Lennie is the only fella’ I have power over in this ranch‚ and I like it because imma’ black guy and he’s a white guy. Like the other night when all the boys went to town and

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    Crooks in of Mice and Men

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    Crooks is symbolic of a lot - he is lonely. He has no one for him. He is segregated against. He has only a few possessions‚ each of which means the world to him. He is one of the only educated ones on the farm‚ and yet this means nothing. He is always weary of the future. Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks’ is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American

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    Dear Diary‚ This week has been so busy that I ‘aven’t been able to write. I suppose life is alrite over ‘ere but it gets kinda lonely. Curley’s borin’ and jus’ sits on his ass all day and all the guys are jus’ crazy bastards. They don’t talk to me‚ turn there noses down at me they do. Think I’m a tart just ‘cause I’m pretty and I’m a gal’‚ the only one on the god damn ranch! I’m the only one ‘ere who knows how to have fun. I met Curley when I was about sixteen. I had run away a year before and

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    In Chapter 4 of “Of Mice and Men”‚ Steinbeck‚ introduces the character of Crooks by describing his room in the horse stable and his belongings. Steinbeck’s use of describing the setting doesn’t only lets us know where the characters are but in this case it lets us know who the character is. The objects in his room and the way they are placed all tells us something of Crooks’s lifestyle. Crooks’s character is intriguing because of the history he brings on his crooked-back. The way he has been treated

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    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

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    Crooks Disabled and lonely‚ are two main traits about Crooks. Crooks is a character in the book “Of Mice and Men‚” by John Steinbeck. Crooks is the stable hand who works with the ranch horses. He lives by himself because he is the only black man on the ranch. Throughout the book‚ we learn that Crooks is bookish and likes to keep his room neat‚ but he has been so beaten down and mistreated because of who he is on the outside that he is now suspicious of any kindness he receives. In return for his

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