are keeping him is because he was injured there a few years prior. Candy’s dog‚ much like him‚ is old‚ crippled and nearly useless. This uselessness makes Candy crave to go to the dream farm along with George and Lennie so that he would not feel as isolated and lonely. This may be seen as Candy says “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me…. I won’t have no place to go‚” (Steinbeck 60)‚ in reference to how the other men on the ranch shot his dog‚ showing how his isolation and loneliness affected
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Crooks‚ a black stable buck is often ridiculed for the color of his skin. Crooks is a hard worker but is isolated in a “little shed that leaned off the wall barn”(66). The shed ultimately depicts the loneliness and separation Crooks‚ and other African Americans had in society during the time. On the contrary‚ one night Lennie and Candy decide to join Crooks in his shed‚ and engage in Conversation. For the first time Crooks feels integrated into the real world
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George lonely and crooks back to where he was being lonely. In the novel Steinbeck has created many characters to follow a dream of having a better life and future‚ but none of their dreams come true‚ all are shattered when things go wrong and go back in a cyclical cycle. John Steinbeck’s purpose of the novel is to indicate to the readers just how life was as a migrant worker in America in the 1930’s‚ during the great depression. Steinbeck also wanted to show how lonely and isolated the workers got
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aspiration out of reach. Crooks‚ the black stable buck‚ Dreams of equality but the racial attitude of others destroys his dream. George and Lennie desire
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The 1930’s was desolate time for the California ranch life and many workers were eager to find comfort in others. In his novel Of Mice and Men‚ Steinbeck describes a handful of the characters who are reclusive and isolated. Each desires the amenity of a friend‚ but will be contented with the conscientious ear of a stranger. Steinbeck has incorporated a lack of names for characters such as “Curley’s wife” and “The Boss”. The Boss has no real name because the men could care less for him and don’t
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is most significant when describing Crooks‚ who happens to be the stable buck for the farm. Crooks is also a Black man with a back disability‚ hence the reason he is called "Crooks". While most of the other workers live in the same area and attend to jobs that are quite similar‚ Crooks is forced to live by himself‚ work alone in the stables and is almost never in contact with any of the other characters. People such as Curly’s Wife go as far as to ridicule Crooks and even look down at him simply for
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gone. He knew he was going to face the fact‚ where as soon as he couldn¡¯t out no bunkhouse‚ he would be put on the county on his own. Candy was a sad and old man whose life was made more tragic by the death of his old dog and Curley¡¯s wife. Crooks too‚ was another lonely person. Unlike Candy‚ he was lonely because he was the only black person on the ranch. He was separated from everyone else on the ranch. He was sad and lonely as you can tell from his words with Lennie. ¡°Maybe you can see
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dreams of owning land‚ but the loners never actually make their dream a reality. The workers constant feeling of isolation and loneliness affects their dreams. The characters that are the most negatively affected by loneliness are Crooks‚ Curley’s Wife‚ Candy‚ and George. Crooks does not only suffer loneliness from being the only African
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Sexual power is exposed by Curley’s wife because she has the power of seduction to attract men on the ranch. By illustrating sexual positions and being keen on her appearance. Loneliness and isolation is present throughout the novel. Characters like Crooks‚
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various characters in order to explore attitudes towards groups of people in the 1930s. Throughout the novel we slowly begin to realise how Crooks had been marginalised for his race. Firstly‚ Steinbeck portrays Crooks as a marginalised African American. He is pushed to the edge due to his colour and disability. Steinbeck introduces Crooks into the novella as “Crooks‚ the negro stable buck‚ had his bunk in the harness room‚ a little shed that leaned of the wall of the barn‚” which instantly illustrates
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