CHARACTER ANALYSIS Crooks Crooks is 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. When Lennie visits him in his room‚ his reaction reveals this fact. At first‚ he turns Lennie away‚ hoping to prove a point that if he‚ as a black man‚ is not allowed in white men’s houses‚ then whites are not allowed in his‚ but his desire for company ultimately wins out and he invites Lennie to
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How is Curley’s Wife presented in’ Of mice and men’? On the ranch there is only one woman who is referred to as Curley’s wife throughout the book and her lack of identity implies she is a possession of Curley’s and the fact she is never given a name suggests she’s seen more as a possession than a person. The first time she is seen the reader can instantly see she doesn’t fit in as she is wearing ‘red mules with ostrich feathers’ which is incongruous in the setting of the ranch. The colour red
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What Do We Learn About Crooks in Chapter 4 of “Of Mice and Men”? This essay will uncover information about the “Negro Stable Buck”‚ named Crooks in of Mice and Men. The essay will analyze information regarding crooks‚ in link to themes such as the unattainable American dream‚ themes of racial discrimination ‚ as well as themes such as loneliness and isolation. An understanding of the character of Crooks requires an understanding of the status of black people in the West during the time of when the
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Crooks (named for his crooked back) is the stable buck who works with the ranch horses. He lives in the harness room by himself because of the segregation law set by Jim Crow; he is also the only black man on the ranch. Crooks likes to read books this shows he is cleverer than the other men on the ranch and likes to keep his room neat‚ but he has been so beaten down by loneliness and prejudicial treatment of that he is also starting to treat people with hatred. His Physical disability is one of the
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P: Crooks is the one on the ranch who is by himself and is unable to mix in with the others at all because of his colour. E: This is proven through the phrase ‚ Crooks‚ on a black man’s loneliness: "S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ’cause you was black. How’d you like that? S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. A: Through the repetition of the conjunction "s’pose‚" a lexical field of isolation is created which further emphasises the
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complex character of Crooks is introduced in the novella as a paradox‚ he is extremely intelligent yet he has such a low status‚ generally someone with intelligence is higher up in society but because he is coloured‚ he is below the uneducated people and the women. The women were considered to have a low status but on the ranch as Curley’s wife is considered to be quite powerful. He is also a paradox because he is lonely but doesn’t want company At the beginning of the novella‚ Crooks is described as
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the ways Crooks is presented and developed in “Of Mice And Men” The novel “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck written in 1937‚ is set in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression. Crooks was one of the main characters who is mainly presented as an outcast within the ranch. The way Crooks is presented‚ illustrates all the idea of discrimination and racism during the 1930’s. In this period many struggled to survive and it was hard to earn a living and In the case of Crooks‚ Steinbeck
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Lennie Small has a very symbolic importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George Milton and Lennie Small both migrant workers pursue their dream of someday owning their own ranch by travelling around working as ranch hands to earn a living. The dream they share is to be able to "live off the fat of the land‚". Lennie Small is a very complex character‚ although he may not appear to be at first glance. Lennie is the most interesting character in the novel because he differs from the
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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT Crooks lie motionless on his straw filled box‚ staring up at the cracked ceiling of the stable. His light is flickering in the opposite corner of the cramped room. Moonlight shines through his small‚ square‚ four paned window- the only view of the outside world. Gleaming stars twinkle above in the American sky and the misery on Crooks’ face is indescribable. All is silent. Crooks: Guys like me‚ we ain’t treated the same (frowns with anger and frustration) as the other
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Of Mice and Men Essay In chapter four Crooks says “a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”. How does the writer explore the theme of loneliness through Crooks and ONE other character in the book? Crooks * Victim of racism * Is ignored and isolated because of his colouring * Is lonely because has a lack of family and friends * Has a “mauled” copy of the California civil rights knows his right but can’t do anything about it. * Loneliness affects him he is not wanted by the
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