CHARACTER ANALYSIS Crooks Crooks is a lively‚ sharp-witted‚ black stable-hand‚ who takes his name from his crooked back. Like most of the characters in the story‚ he admits that he is extremely lonely. When Lennie visits him in his room‚ his reaction reveals this fact. At first‚ he turns Lennie away‚ hoping to prove a point that if he‚ as a black man‚ is not allowed in white men’s houses‚ then whites are not allowed in his‚ but his desire for company ultimately wins out and he invites Lennie to
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Of Mice and Men Essay Have you ever had a friendship so strong that you would do anything in the world for that person? In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men‚ there is such a friendship. The central theme of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is friendship and companionship. The close relationship of Candy and his dog have with each other demonstrates companionship. Crooks‚ the African American stable buck‚ shows the importance of having someone to talk to‚ even if they don’t really understand
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Of Mice and Men Dreams Of Mice and Men is set in Salinas‚ California in the 1930s Great Depression. Life was hard and men could be cruel. Hope might be the only escape from hard reality. This links to the American Dream – represented in George and Lennie’s dream of working hard and getting their own land and farm‚ and control over their own lives. But it was harder than ever to achieve due to the tough economic conditions of the Depression. After Lennie’s death‚ it might be possible for George
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complex character of Crooks is introduced in the novella as a paradox‚ he is extremely intelligent yet he has such a low status‚ generally someone with intelligence is higher up in society but because he is coloured‚ he is below the uneducated people and the women. The women were considered to have a low status but on the ranch as Curley’s wife is considered to be quite powerful. He is also a paradox because he is lonely but doesn’t want company At the beginning of the novella‚ Crooks is described as
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P: Crooks is the one on the ranch who is by himself and is unable to mix in with the others at all because of his colour. E: This is proven through the phrase ‚ Crooks‚ on a black man’s loneliness: "S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ’cause you was black. How’d you like that? S’pose you had to sit out here an’ read books. A: Through the repetition of the conjunction "s’pose‚" a lexical field of isolation is created which further emphasises the
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The dream of mice and men Everyone in this world dreams‚ but when dreams don’t come true why would you bother dreaming? For most of the people dreams are the only things they have left in their lives. In Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men‚ he tells us the idea of destroyed dreams through the character’s experiences showing us that no matter how much we try to sacrifice to make dreams come true‚ sometimes they just simply do not come true. From the beginning of the book‚ Lennie and George had the
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Crooks (named for his crooked back) is the stable buck who works with the ranch horses. He lives in the harness room by himself because of the segregation law set by Jim Crow; he is also the only black man on the ranch. Crooks likes to read books this shows he is cleverer than the other men on the ranch and likes to keep his room neat‚ but he has been so beaten down by loneliness and prejudicial treatment of that he is also starting to treat people with hatred. His Physical disability is one of the
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barn until I could see who was inside. There were crooks‚ Candy and Lennie. I tried to stay quiet but as I tiptoed near the horses they all got alarmed and gave away my position. Their heads all turned in synch. “Curly ain’t been here‚” Candy Immediately hissed at me. Why does no one ever want to talk to me. A slight rage was starting to build up inside me. Like I didn’t know where Curley had gone. I looked around at their faces. Candy and crooks kept looking down at their feet. Meanwhile lennie
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Dreams‚ although often cut off are always necessary to keep the hope of people alive to fight against the inadequacies of the economic and social perils of life. Dreams are one of the most freely experienced actions by humans‚ and still it is the most rigid and unrealistic thought process that is part of our lives. The dream of most American’s at this time period surrounding the book "Of Mice and Men" was only a large cesspool of dying hopes that were kept alive by wishes and aspirations even without
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Show how Crooks is affected by loneliness Crooks is a character introduced to the reader in ‘Of Mice and Men’ by author John Steinbeck. Crooks is described to be the only black man on the ranch‚ he is said to have his own bunkroom‚ on first inspection the reader expects this to be a privilege however upon closer inspection we discover this is a way to isolate and degrade crooks because of his ethnic background. Crooks is affected and shows his loneliness in a number of ways; aggressiveness‚ sadness
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