Exploring the character of crooks and racial prejudice in the novella‚ ‘Of Mice and Men’ In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ the character of Crooks is subject to constant racial discrimination. This shows the time period of the book as 1930’s America was a very prejudice place. Although slavery has been abolished some 90 years previously living conditions were still awful and even worse for some black Americans. They were segregated with poorer facilities‚ people wouldn’t employ them and living
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George’s incident. They are met by different characters on the farm that all have a dream. To be lonely means to lack friends or companionship and to feel isolated. Most of the characters are lonely and the only thing that keeps them alive is their dreams. Some of the loneliest characters they meet are Candy‚ an old man with only one hand‚ Crooks‚ a black cripple and Curley’s Wife‚ a woman who has no identity‚ she is lonely even though she is married. Although they are all on the ranch together‚ they
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characters Crooks and Curley’s wife‚ they are both key examples of lonely and segregated characters. The location of the ranch also represents the idea of isolation as the Spanish translation of the town’s name ‘Soledad’ means loneliness. Crooks is perhaps the most segregated character in the novel and therefore reveals much about this idea. He is segregated in the barn‚ which highlights the racial discrimination evident in the 1930’s. The other ranch workers do not care for the needs of Crooks‚ and
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Curley’s Wife‚ Candy‚ and Crooks. Candy is isolated after the loss of his hand since he is no longer able to work in the field with the other men. Candy’s only companion was his dog‚ a dog he says used to be a great sheepherder in its day‚ a dog of which he had raised from a pup. Charleston insists that candy puts the dog down because it is far too old and it is suffering. Candy says that he has had the dog far too long to put it down until Slim joins in‚ saying
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and their relatives maybe too far away‚ most had no friends so they travelled and lived alone only to care for themselves.. This is shown in Of Mice and Men by the loneliness and isolation with some of the workers on the ranch. The men were very isolated and had no time for proper relationships with women. Migrant workers with money usually went to the brothel and spent time there. George and Lennie were different as they had each other. Steinbeck explores the loneliness of the ranch workers. George
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their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad‚ after escaping from Weed because of George’s incident. They are met by different characters on the farm that all have a dream. To be lonely means to lack friends or companionship and to feel isolated. Most of the characters are lonely and the only thing that keeps them alive is their dreams. Some of the loneliest characters they meet are Candy‚ an old man with only one hand‚
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themes. One of the predominant themes found in this book is loneliness. Many characters in this book are affected by loneliness and they all demonstrate it in one way or another throughout the book. Examples of these characters are Curley’s Wife‚ Crooks‚ and Candy. All through the book Curley’s Wife is very "open" to everyone she meets. The reason for this can be interpreted by her and Curley’s "so-called" marriage. The relationship between Curley’s Wife and Curley seems to be somewhat unstable
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Crooks’ statement‚ “I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain’t wanted in my room” illustrates how he cannot communicate with others as freely as the other men because of the color of his skin. He cannot go into the bunkhouse with the others because of the segregation at the ranch. Crooks reads books and puts work first to combat his solitude‚ but that does not always work for him. Because of
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Of Mice and Men In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck relationships are important. This whole book was about relationships. If you don’t have a relationship you are lonely. Almost everyone shows their loneliness in this book. “You takin his pay from him?” (22) This proves there weren’t many relationships back then because nobody really traveled together. Because they were together‚ that man became very suspicious and accused george of taking Lennie’s pay. There can be good and bad relationships
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looks for work during the Great Depression.The author forms isolation through the character’s struggle to be wanted and included as a person. In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck Crooks‚ Curley’s wife‚ and Candy are three characters that are declared as “isolated” from the rest which contributes to the story. Crooks is a character that suffers from loneliness much more compared to the other characters. In the text it states: “Why ain’t you wanted?” Lennie asked. “‘Cause I’m black. They can play
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