In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck discrimination is a huge part of several characters’ lives. Crooks is the stable buck that happens to be‚ a black man; he is told he can’t be around the other men because of the colour of his skin. Crooks states “They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because I’m black” (Steinbeck 68). The men that live in the bunkhouse don’t let him play cards with them claiming that he is horrible at playing. Crooks is mostly avoided by the others do to the colour of his
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personages of Crooks and Curley. When the racially isolated Crooks‚ the stable worker‚ finds Lennie in the barn‚ he is hostile and then taunts him cruelly: ’George know what he’s about. Jus’talks‚ an’ you don’t understand nothing....This is just a nigger talkin’..... So it don’t mean nothing‚ see? You couldn’t remember it anyways....S’pose George don’t come back no more...What’ll you do then?’.... Crooks’ face lighted with pleasure in his torture. At the same time that Crooks tortures Lennie
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How Crooks is presented in Of Mice and Men Our first proper introduction to Crooks is at the beginning of Chapter 4 when Lennie sees Crooks’ light on when looking at his puppy and goes to investigate. This is a very significant point in the novel because it is the first real point of contact that any of the white ranch hands‚ maybe apart from Slim‚ have had a proper conversation with him apart from during work‚ when he is referred to as a “nigger”. This is hinted at when Crooks says to Lennie
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The Character of Crooks is shown as a seemingly minor character in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”‚ however being the only black man in the novel and through all the attitudes shown towards him‚ he plays a major role in representing how ‘coloured’ men were abused and discriminated during the Depression-era by racism. Due to the racist behaviour towards him we are shown that he is the lonliest of characters. Also‚ throughout the novel we are shown different sides of him by the author to develop
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everything is okay”. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinback. Two men travel to find work on a ranch in California. The characters Crook‚ Candy‚ and Curly’s wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation. Crook shows loneliness in the book. Crooks is the only black guy on the ranch. Crooks says‚ “S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy cause you was black”(80). What Crooks is saying is he wants a friend . This is important because it shows how Crooks is excluded out. Crooks is never aloud to
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Many people tend to experience loneliness at least one point in their life; sometimes it makes a huge impact. In John Steinbeck’s book “Of Mice and Men”‚ one of my many obvious characters that experience loneliness is Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he is African American‚ he distances himself from the other men‚ and he comes off a bit too strong. One of the reasons he is lonely is because he is African American during the 1930’s. “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because
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Crooks Character Analysis Lonely: Sad because one has no friends or company. Loneliness is the sadness that comes to everyone once in their life time. The sheer isolation driving people insane. Loneliness is the base of Crooks’s life. Every day‚ he’s separated from the rest of the workers and living in his own room‚ which almost no one had ever entered. This shows in John Steinbeck’s‚ Of Mice and Men‚ where the main characters Lennie and George travel away from Weed to a new work place. In this
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Of Mice and Men – Crook Analysis The old stable-hand admits to the very loneliness that George describes in the opening pages of the novel. ‘Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’’ Crooks speaks these words to Lennie in Section 4‚ on the night that Lennie visits Crooks in his room. His resentment typically comes out through his bitter‚ caustic wit‚ but in this passage he displays a sad‚ touching vulnerability too. Steinbeck describes Crooks as ‘a proud‚ aloof man’‚ which
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“Of Mice and Men”: Creative Writing Assignment: Option A‚ Candy after the shooting of his dog. Dear Diary‚ Today was possibly one of the worst days in a long‚ long time. It was dreadful. It started off as a nice but breezy day‚ which we all like here because it gets the sun of your back. Especially when the poor men are out in the fields collecting the harvests. As the day got longer I started to feel a gut ache coming on from eating those ghastly turnips‚ all I could think of to get rid
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January 2013 Crooks Crooks (named for his crooked back) is the stable hand who works on the ranch. He was born free on land owned by his father. When Crooks was young‚ he played with white kids and lived in freedom from racists. He lives now by himself in a barn on the ranch because he is the only black man on the ranch. Crooks is bookish and likes to keep his room neat‚ but he has been beaten down by loneliness and prejudicial treatment and now he is defensive to everything. Crooks is afraid to
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