interactions or lack of interactions between Crooks and the other workers on the ranch. Crooks has been working at the ranch longer than most of the other workers and for the most part minds his own business. Despite Crooks being a nice fellow‚ most of the workers are racist towards Crooks. For example‚ many workers on the ranch use derogatory names when they speak or refer to Crooks. When Candy was welcoming George and Lennie to the ranch‚ he refers to Crooks as the "stable buck‚" which is a derogatory
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lies down on his tiny bed. Crooks takes one look out the the little window and hears cries of joy and laughter as the evening games commence. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men Crooks comes off as a mean old man‚ bus considering his conditions‚ it is not surprising. Crooks is forced to sleep in a tiny room that smells of fresh manure. He lies on a narrow‚ straw filled bed. This man is forced to sleep in the barn because of his color and race. Alone in the barn‚ Crooks has no one to converse with
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Compare how Shakespeare and Steinbeck present villains and victims in ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’. By Bushra Begum Both ‘Othello’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ are tragedies about society’s villains and victims and how their pursuit of love‚ hopes and dreams leads them to death and destruction. William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ (1603) is based on a Greek tragedy; the setting is in Venice and then Cyprus‚ which reflects Othello transforming into a powerful and dominant hero to a ‘Monstrous’ devil. Briefly
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Running head: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: EFFECTS ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Abstract Children’s developmental outcomes are compromised when a child is exposed to domestic violence (Wolfe‚ Crooks‚ Lee‚ McIntyre-Smith‚ & Jaffe‚ 2003). Children suffer adverse effects from experiencing trauma by verbal and physical behaviors directed at them and by witnessing it (English‚ Marshall‚ & Stewart‚ 2003). It is also shown that children’s social‚ emotional‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and general health functions
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character Crooks to represent racism across America and symbolise the marginalisation of the black community at the time the novel is set. From the beginning Steinbeck skillfully uses Crooks as a tool to give the reader an insight to the reality of the American Dream and what 1930’s America was like. The reader has to decide whether Crooks deserves sympathy‚ or is just a bitter‚ cruel ’stable-buck’. Steinbeck presents Crooks as a victim of racism throughout the entire book‚ Firstly Crooks is the
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Heroes and Villains: Explore the ways sympathy for and/or dislike of a character is created in the text you have studied. INTRODUCTION: In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ Steinbeck has used many different language features in order to create such a complex and sophisticated character whom I will be investigating - Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is a pivotal character. She has been presented as a villain in the early stages of the book and her character seems to unravel as we read on. As a reader
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Explain how Steinbeck presents Crooks in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ The first time Crooks was mentioned by Candy Chapter 1 page 21. Candy is the gossip one‚ he knows everything‚ and sees everything. Candy introduces Crooks to Lennie and George. ‘Yeah. Nice fella‚ too. Got a crooked back where horse kicked him. The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable bucks don’t give a damn about that’. That shows that Crooks doesn’t care what people think about him‚ he respects himself. On
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gone out Crooks and Lennie and Candy have been left behind. Description of Crooks’ room. Pg 98 Crooks is more permanent as the boss also uses him when he gets angry he plays a specific part. Crooks’ bed is made of straw‚ with just blankets covering the straw. Crooks has a separate to everyone else‚ he is attached to the bunk house. Crooks is good at fixing things. He has medicine bottles for himself and the horses. Crooks is seen as lower than everybody else. Lennie‚ crooks candy and Curley’s
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which is in the cabin of Crooks‚ a racially challenged African American: “‘You got no right to come into my room. This here’s my room. Nobody’s got any right in here but me.’ … ‘Why ain’t you wanted?’ Lennie asked. ‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there‚ but I can’t play because I’m black’” (68). Crooks responds to Lennie approaching his cabin with a belligerent remark and expresses his wish to remain the sole one in his cabin. As Crooks and Lennie converse‚ Crooks sees that Lennie is different
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