Similarities Between Curley's Wife And Crooks

Imagine having a negative reputation of flirting with mean when you have a husband or being alienated for a skin color you cannot control. This was the situation faced by Curley’s wife and Crooks in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Discrimination occurs in this novel because both Crooks and Curley’s wife are discriminated against for things such as race and gender. Even though both characters are discriminated against on the ranch the reasons they are discriminated against are different. Both characters are minorities, have bad reputations, and open up to people who are willing to listen and talk to them. Crooks and Curley’s wife are both minorities in the book in different ways. Crooks is treated as a minority because his skin color in black. On the other hand, Curley’s wife is a minority for being the only woman on the ranch. She is heavily disrespected for that. For this, people talk about her negatively behind her back. In the text it said, “She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys on it ain’t no place for a girl, specially like her,”(51). This quote shows that people talk about her behind her back and she is not wanted on a ranch full of men. In different ways, both Crooks and Curley’s wife were treated as
This is shown when both characters easily open up to and tell everything to Lennie. Lennie who is a mental character is a person who listens to anything told to him and does not make the decision to not communicate with people. In the text it said, “I tell ya I could have went with shows. Not jus’ one, neither. An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers…,”(78). This quote is an example of Curley’s wife being open and talking with Lennie as he is willing to listen to her. Being open to people who are willing to listen is something Crooks and Curley’s wife have in