How are Crooks and Curley's wife are similar?
The characters of Crooks and Curley’s Wife are similar in the sense that they are both outcasts on the ranch. Although they may seem like polar opposites as Crooks is a black male and Curley’s Wife is a white female, they have underlying similarities such as the discrimination they faced, not only from the men on the ranch but, from the society of the 1920’s and 30’s. They were also both portrayed as very lonely and to have had dreams that had been shattered. The other characters in the book are all white males and they are treated as superiors to these two. This is shown through the discrimination they face from the other people on the ranch and even the way Steinbeck refers to them. Firstly, Curley’s wife is not actually given a name. She is simply referred to as ‘Curley’s wife’, which suggests that she is merely a possession of Curley’s and nothing more. She is also talked about harshly by some of the men on the ranch, being labelled as a ‘rat-trap’ and being refused to be spoken to. Like Curley’s wife, Crooks is labelled by the other men of the ranch and discriminated against. They label him as a ‘nigger’ and then disregard his feelings by saying ‘he doesn’t give a damn about that’. Furthermore, his room is separate from the others because they ‘don’t want nothing to do with him’.
The characters of Crooks and Curley’s Wife are similar in the sense that they are both outcasts on the ranch. Although they may seem like polar opposites as Crooks is a black male and Curley’s Wife is a white female, they have underlying similarities such as the discrimination they faced, not only from the men on the ranch but, from the society of the 1920’s and 30’s. They were also both portrayed as very lonely and to have had dreams that had been shattered. The other characters in the book are all white males and they are treated as superiors to these two. This is shown through the discrimination they face from the other people on the ranch and even the way Steinbeck refers to
The characters of Crooks and Curley’s Wife are similar in the sense that they are both outcasts on the ranch. Although they may seem like polar opposites as Crooks is a black male and Curley’s Wife is a white female, they have underlying similarities such as the discrimination they faced, not only from the men on the ranch but, from the society of the 1920’s and 30’s. They were also both portrayed as very lonely and to have had dreams that had been shattered. The other characters in the book are all white males and they are treated as superiors to these two. This is shown through the discrimination they face from the other people on the ranch and even the way Steinbeck refers to