Brandon Zhu THESEUS: Kenton Wu CROOKS: Yusuf Meghji LENNIE: Michael Roudbai Crooks and Griffin are sitting at a table with four chairs. Theseus and Lennie are on stage and are off to the side. GRIFFIN Give me the damn cards! CROOKS No‚ it ain’t fair how I am treated! GRIFFIN You do what I say‚ and that’s how it’ll be. CROOKS (Angry Why you treatin’ me like this? You ain’t got the right to that‚ racist! Griffin then snatches the cards from Crooks. After about three minutes and leaving
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He burns the skin off layer by layer watching it slowly filter away‚ until finally there is none left‚ and the only thing left to do with them is throw their bodies into the fire. These thoughts infiltrate my mind. I continue to write in this diary as it’s the only thing keeping me sane. I rarely think of Julia. I find it hard to fix her imagine in my mind. A force pulls inside the bottom of my throat‚ pulling its way upward‚ slowly trying to draw back down as I inhale‚ then pulling itself
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experiencing discrimination by people‚ what are the reasons? In the novel " of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck‚ Lennie and Crooks experience discrimination‚ Lennie experiences discrimination because of foolish‚ Crook experiences discrimination because he is black; they all have deformity‚ Lennie is a mentally disabled man and Crooks have rheumatism. First‚ Lennie and Crooks experience discrimination because of foolish and racial discrimination. For example‚ in chapters‚George told him lots of time
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How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks? In the novel “Of Mice and Men”‚ the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck‚ the author‚ to symbolise the downgrading of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel was set. Crooks is also significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of the people in the ranch; their loneliness and need for company. Steinbeck presents Crooks as a victim of racism and throughout the book‚ he
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Crooks monologue: Jus because I’m a nigger [examines luger shell from Carlson’s gun] they’d probably shoot me like Candy’s dog if it was as much fun as the scourge they put me through‚ [walks to window and leans against the frame] just because I’m a busted up ol’ nigger‚ [scowls and bites his bottom lip] no-one wants to talk with me or anything. [Glares up into the stars and becomes furious] S’pose I weren’t‚ s’pose I was just like the rest of em‚ and that new fella‚ that big stupid bastard‚ s’pose
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men inside. The first voice I heard was Lennie’s. That deep‚ shapeless‚ voice that only knew how to say nonsense. Then there was a croaky‚ dead voice with an accent that could only belong to Crooks. A more quiet voice followed Crooks’‚ it was gravelly and gruff. I was sure that it belonged to ol’ Candy. Crooks’ home was extremely messy. His room consisted of a straw bed‚ on the opposite wall to the bed there was a square four-paned window. On the other wall‚ there was a narrow plank door. There was
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even while with their coworkers. Crooks and Candy are superb examples of lonely people in Of Mice and Men. Crooks being the black stable worker‚ didn’t have anyone to talk to. The old handyman‚ or “Swamper”‚ Candy would always walk with his ancient dog. Crooks was alone most of the time‚ because he was different. He felt alone because of the color of his skin. The ranch owner wouldn’t let him in the bunkhouse with the other white ranch workers. The fact that Crooks is black made him feel alone because
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Entry #19 – As I Lay Dying: This book switches from narrator to narrator and does not have a truly set main character. Although we get to experience the story from different points of view it is a bit much too keep switching between narrators especially since the deceased character Addie ends up narrating chapters that take place after her death. I‚ personally‚ would have liked it if the book had only one narrator and a set main character to maintain some sort of consistency throughout the book.
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First Journal Entry It was March 5th 1770. In the past few years‚ the British raised taxes to reproduce their economic crisis. People in school were furious‚ the school canceled afternoon tea‚ and people wouldn’t but products from Britain anymore. But mom and dad seemed OK‚ they still drank tea and bought carpets or other products from Britain‚ dad said the King would make a decision for a reason‚ and as citizens‚ we should follow. Well‚ I disagreed with him‚ but it was no use. I went to Johns
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Diary entry from Pip’s point of view. 08/12/2012 Saturday Dear Diary‚ Today was a new day for me again. I went alone to the churchyard where the tombstones of my parents and my 5 brothers are in the marshes near my house. I live with my sister Mrs Joe Gargery and her husband‚ Joe Gargery‚ a blacksmith as a burden as she never likes me and always tells me off for everything. I stayed there near the gravestones until afternoon was returning back home‚ when I heard a terrible voice which told
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