CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT Crooks lie motionless on his straw filled box‚ staring up at the cracked ceiling of the stable. His light is flickering in the opposite corner of the cramped room. Moonlight shines through his small‚ square‚ four paned window- the only view of the outside world. Gleaming stars twinkle above in the American sky and the misery on Crooks’ face is indescribable. All is silent. Crooks: Guys like me‚ we ain’t treated the same (frowns with anger and frustration) as the other
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John Steinbeck planned out every word he put into his novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck did exactly this with the development of the character Curley’s wife. She had started the novel as a “tart” or a nuisance of a character‚ but later she turned into an admriable character‚ one that you really feel for. In Of Mice and Men‚ Curley’s wife is shown as a very unpleasant character. For example‚ while Lennie‚ Candy and Crookes were in Crooks’ room discussing their ranch‚ she walks in and says “Listen‚
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Of Mice and Men is a novel set on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California‚ during the Great Depression of the 1930s by John Steinbeck. It was the first work to bring Steinbeck’s national recognition as a writer. The book addresses the real hopes and dreams of working-class America. Steinbeck’s short novel raises the lives of the poor and dispossessed to a higher‚ symbolic level. The title suggests that plans of Mice and Men often go awry‚ a reference to Robert Burn’s poem "To a Mouse." Since
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Characters in Of Mice and Men By Huaerzeng Suobao Sexism is a dynamic represented in Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. This is characterized by the character Curley’s wife. One of her defining characteristics is the way she acts towards the men on the ranch. Jail bait is a word Georg uses when he tells Lennie to stay away from Curley’s wife. The slang “jail bait” is used to describe a person who can have you go to jail if you mess with him/her. For example‚ Curley’s wife can say something
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novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ presents many characters in different ways. Steinbeck uses minor characters to showcase different themes‚ a main key theme being loneliness. Steinbeck presents this theme through characters which are defined by colour‚ gender and mental stability. Characters such as Crooks and Curley’s wife would share this theme throughout the novella but yet would stay clear of each other and in no way make contact to make their loneliness vanish. The author chose Crooks to be defined
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Explore the relationships Crooks has with other vulnerable characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’. The novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinback in the 1920s however it was published in the 1930s; At the time America was at a state where coloured people were treated harshly. Also racism and etc was involved at the time. In this novella Crooks is represented as a black worker who’s treated different from everyone and has no relationships. Crooks is also used as a tool for Steinback to highlight
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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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Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men is given a fairly one-dimensional portrayal throughout the novella‚ as her character stays‚ for the most part‚ enigmatic. The most obvious example would be her lack of a name. She is continually referred to as a possession of her husband and without a name she becomes almost insignificant. The author‚ however‚ drops hints throughout the book telling his audience that there may be more to Curley’s wife than what is easily deduced. One scene involving
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10th October 2013 York notes "crooks is an illustration of the way in which loneliness can corrupt and destroy and man" crooks: no one gets into heaven and no one gets their dreams takes a very sinister view on life and likes to worry people about the negatives doesn’t believe that dreams can come true crooks and loneliness page 77- five quotes about crooks past‚ five on isolation and five on being a twisted human being past "I was born right here in California" "my old man
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Although Candy and George deserve our sympathy because they both have hard lives and they have gone through a lot of things. Crooks is the most sympathetic because he is lonely and discriminated against‚ and like stated in the book being lonely is the worst thing that could happen to a man because a man needs someone to talk to no matter who that person is. v Crooks is a very sympathetic character. At the beginning of chapter 4‚ the narrator describes Crook’s bunkhouse‚ and then the man himself
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