CROOKS Key things that Crooks says Crooks does not say much in the book ‘of mice and men’. When he does he is very insulting in his language. For example when Lennie comes into his room all of crooks emotions come out at once because he feels he has power and authority over Lennie that he had never had before. You got no right to come in my room. “This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me.” Crooks snaps at Lennie because he knows Lennie does not stick up for himself without George
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Steinbeck describes Crooks as a ‘proud‚ aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded other people kept theirs.’ Explore the character of Crooks and his importance in novel as a whole. Crooks may be a minor character in the novel but he is an important one because the way he represents and demonstrates to the reader how Steinbeck feels about the society in which he lives and his character provides us knowledge on the social context of the novel that Crooks and other characters had to live with.
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the relationship between George and Lennie is similar to John Steinbeck’s novel. However‚ the film is different because Curley’s wife is amused by Lennie’s stupidity‚ Lennie’s hallucination‚ and George does not hesitate to shoot Lennie. In the novel Curley’s wife talks to Lennie in the barn. While they are talking‚ she says “Lennie your crazy.” No one likes Curley’s wife‚ except for Lennie. George told Lennie not to talk Curley’s wife because it will cause problems if he does. Curley’s wife tells
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Curley’s wife is a character in the novel “Of mice and men” set in California and written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. She is the only woman on a ranch of itinerant working men‚ and because of this she gets treated by each man in a different manner. Most of the men treat her in a negative way‚ therefore causing different degrees of sympathy from the reader. Sympathy implies that the reader feels an emotional connection towards the character. Her unhappy marriage to the boss’s son causes her great loneliness
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those who were black; one of the characters that embodies this theme in the novel is the character of Crooks. Other themes of the novel are the American Dream; which is never achieved by any of the characters‚ this suggests that Steinbeck believed that the dream was unbelievable. This is the same belief which Crooks has. Friendship is another important theme‚ as the reader sees the desperation Crooks has for friendship and the affect of loneliness has had on him. Steinbeck set the novel in Soledad‚
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Explore the relationships Crooks has with other vulnerable characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’. The novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinback in the 1920s however it was published in the 1930s; At the time America was at a state where coloured people were treated harshly. Also racism and etc was involved at the time. In this novella Crooks is represented as a black worker who’s treated different from everyone and has no relationships. Crooks is also used as a tool for Steinback to highlight
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a key role in demonstrating this theme. Other factors such as race‚ gender‚ and age may evoke the development of being ignored. Crooks‚ known as “stable buck”‚ was an African American man who was racially segregated by most. The setting of the novel was told during the Great Depression‚ a time when racial discrimination was common. Because of the time period‚ Crooks faced prejudice treatment by the white workers and suffered the feeling of loneliness. This feature was shown when the favored men
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My Dramatic Monologue – Crooks – Life is really hard at the moment. I was ‘aving the time of me life on Saturday night wiv that big bindlestick whats his name? ( scratch back‚ stroke chin‚ sigh) Ahhhh Lennie thats it. Well anyway we was just sittin’ and talkin’ and talkin’ and sittin’ ‘bout this amazing place that George and Lennie was going to hav’. It gave me hope it did to get out this bloody place‚ start a fresh life and maybe just maybe be treated like a real guy for a change. (imagine it
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COCKNEY. -hey there‚ right‚ how yer doin’‚ mate? -I’m bloody well awright thanks luv. -I were gonna tell yer that story about that time wen i went up ter that bonkers rub-a-dub called ’weffer spoon’ about that fight between the ruddy ladies - Oh‚ right‚ yes yer batter cop started then i ’aven’t got long‚ got ter get ter work soon -oh right‚ right‚ basically‚ me and me mates went up there ter see some muckers‚ and one lass were ’angin’ onto a man‚ and the uvver tart came and started grabbin’
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Crooks Character Analysis Crooks are a character used by Steinbeck to demonstrate racial segregation and loneliness. He is only black man in the ranch and is disabled. 1) Crooks has a low status and is racially segregated Steinbeck presents Crooks to have the lowest status and authority on the ranch. This is shown when Curley’s wife‚ who also has a very low status threatens Crooks in section 4. “Nigger‚ I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it aint even funny”‚ ‘Crooks had reduced himself
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