Steinbeck mentions many different items in Crook’s room‚ including a ‘’long box filled with straw’’. This item could represent crooks in many ways. Firstly‚ the use of the noun ‘’BOX’’ suggests he doesn’t own a bed which could actually leads the reader thinking he is devalued within the ranch. This implies he was treated like an animal in the barn with the animals because he has to sleep in the box which is so uncomfortable. He doesn’t have the quality of life. Secondly‚ the use of the word ‘’STRAW’’
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My name (or the name given to me by the whites I worked with) is Crooks. I lived a fortunate life as a child when my father owned the ranch but as an adult I lived a tough life‚ a life of hardship‚ work and oppression. When I was a child I was different‚ not just because of the colour of my skin compared to the children I played with but also because my father was a landowner‚ this was very rare for the time. We had about ten acres in Oklahoma‚ a chicken ranch to be exact. It seemed like just about
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of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck introduces Crooks as an unhappy person who deprived of friendships and happiness‚ Crooks is also a character that Steinbeck uses to show discrimination of the blacks back in those days. Crooks actions are the results of his emotions. Crooks is unhappy because he holds frustration‚ humiliation and loneliness. Firstly‚ Crooks feels frustrated since he is not able to fight the racism that he faces in the ranch. For example‚ Crooks is made to be isolated from the white
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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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A) Steinbeck presents Crooks as practical and intelligent. This is shown in chapter in the passage "rubber boots" "alarm clock" and the "California Civil Code" book. The books show he reads and cares about his Rights. It also shows that he is practical and active with his alarm clock. It can alternatively mean that he has to be intelligent to protect himself from getting beaten by the boss if he is late to which he needs to be protecting himself from horse manure. Also with the Californian civil
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of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries‚ roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October 1929‚ and continuing through most of the 1930s. In this essay I will be studying the character Crooks and how he is isolated from the rest of the people on the ranch. Crooks was a lively‚ sharp-witted‚ black stable-hand‚ who takes his name from his crooked back. Like most of the characters in the story‚ he admits that he is extremely lonely‚ this is shown when he said “A guy needs
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try to depict how Steinbeck gives an insight of the character of Crooks through his room‚ and his paramount interactions with the other ‘proletariats’ on the ranch. Personally‚ I have a lot of sympathy for Crooks‚ because he chooses to be isolated so becomes a hopeless miser. In my opinion‚ this is the only personality of Crooks that I have become heavily judgemental on. However‚ I will explore how Steinbeck has tried to mirror Crooks’ many different aspects he pertains as an individual.` the effect
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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
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with Crooks. After hearing Candy’s speech about the dream they now all share this hope of a better life together. This dream includes Crooks‚ who before was irritated by the other men’s company‚ is now realising how lonely he had been before and this almost reachable dream could become a reality for him‚ an escape from the isolation he has to endure everyday on the ranch. Steinbeck writes‚ ‘She looked from one face to another‚ and they were all closed against her.’ This relationship Crooks has
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patiently wait until they’re 100% sure your house is all alone‚ and then they’ll strike. These crooks are highly sophisticated‚ and they can even uncover your daily routine and plan accordingly. Contrary to what you would think‚ most burglaries happen during the day‚ and a “professional” burglar only needs about 15 minutes to steal all the valuable possessions you’re keeping at your house. Moreover‚ these crooks will take advantage of dark areas‚ landscaping‚ and overgrown vegetation in order to hide
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