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In the book Of Mice and Men works as a stable buck on the ranch. Crooks is a lonely, wrinkle man that think that everyone is racist because he is black, and that made him anger enough to take part of his anger out on Lennie. Pg. 68 paragraph 6 “’Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black.” According to the text on Pg. 76 Crook replies to Lennie question “...If you guys want a hand to work for nothing-just his keeps,why I can’t work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want.” After reading Pg. 76 I can infer that Crook believes that if George, Lennie, and Candy are almost there to dream land then maybe he to can get his own or a bit of land himself if he joins them. Pg. 76 paragraph 5 “I never seen a guy really do it,”
Crooks also feels a great deal of loneliness, as he is an outcast on the ranch. He lives in his own room where hardly anybody ever bothers him. He is never invited to play cards or do anything fun with the other guys. One day a curious Lenny asked, “Why ain’t you wanted?” Crooks replies “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They think I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me” (pg. ). Crooks’ attitude towards this is shown when he saw Lennie playing with his puppy outside of Crooks’ quarters. Crooks states that “if me, as a black man, is not allowed in the white quarters, then white men are not allowed in mine” (pg. ). However this is merely a front as the more open side of Crooks is shown later on in the book.
Steinbeck clearly shows that Crooks never has any say on the ranch. No one cares about him. He’s just a “negro stable buck” (66). In this novella, No one ever talks to him except for candy. Lennie finally finds himself going into his room. While in there they speak about racial profiling. Crooks tell lennie that he’s the only African Americans on the ranch. He tells Lennie how he’s “alone out here at night” (73). He has nobody to talk to all he does is read books and think. The people on the ranch care less about his needs and wants, all they want him to do is to continue his work...
Crooks, the black stable buck, is isolated from the community of migrant workers because of his racial status. When Lennie goes into the barn to see his puppy, he and Crooks have a conversation. “'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). Lennie is too kind-hearted and intellectually slow to visualize the apparent racial boundary that sets Crooks aside from Lennie and the rest of the workers. Crooks is so isolated from the rest of the workers that he says he “can't” play cards, not that he isn't allowed to, which means that the racial boundary is like a wall Crooks cannot cross. Because he is black, Crooks believes that he cannot play cards with the white men. He can't get over the racial boundary, and believes he will be forever separated from the white men. In the beginning of chapter 4, Steinbeck describes Crooks' living space. “Crooks, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the...
One night, Lenny came to Crooks’ room knowing Crooks has a puppy. Lenny saw his light on and thought it was okay too go inside. Immediately after Lenny entered his room, Crooks wanted him out and right before Lenny left, Crook stopped him and asked him to stay and keep him company. Crooks had a dream throughout the novel and he quotes, "… If you … guys would want a hand to work for nothing—just his keep, why I 'd come an ' lend a hand. I ain 't so crippled I can 't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to." (Pg. 38) Crooks dream, it 's a really sad dream: he basically wants to be a slave
and has no family and the only old man on the ranch. We are told him
This isolation prevented Crooks from reaching his full potential, as he could not cooperatively work with the other.... ... middle of paper ... ... In this novel, discrimination that Lennie had to face prevented him from showing his abilities.
He gets confused and depends on George to help him. He loves to hear George tell the story of their dream, especially the part where he tends to the rabbits. He is also sure of his friendship with George when Crook threatens that George might abandon him, “George wouldn’t do nothing like that.” He is also protective of George and Lennie states, “Ain’t nobody goin’to talk no hurt to George.”
In addition Crooks is the only black worker on the ranch and because of that he is segregated from everyone else. Over time Crooks grows resentful of the unfortunate treatment and when Lennie wanders into his stable he finds it difficult to cope with. As they talk he grows more and more jealous of Lennie's companionship with George. He grows angry because of his misfortune eventually asking Lennie what would he do if George never came back for him. All of Crooks actions in this scene is because of his longing for companionship just like Lennie and
Many of the characters show that they want something better in life, but Curley's wife really shows the desperation for a life that’s better. Curley's wife states, "Coulda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes – all them nice clothes like they wear" (Steinbeck 89). This is only one of many quotes that she unveils through her character where it exemplifies how desperate she truly was for an opportunity that would have changed her life. Another is when a dream takes over your mind and body and it becomes a part of you, this is where George and Lennie shine. Throughout the whole book Lennie usually is the one to bring up the dream and he recites some part of the mantra typically involving the rabbits (Steinbeck 14). Even though Lennie was not all right in his head, it was something that actually stuck with him and it stuck with George as well. Of course not all dreams can excel, and sometimes it's important to realize a dream that only shows failure, which is what Crooks does. Crooks vocalizes, "'Well, jus' forget it', said Crooks" (Steinbeck 83). Although this is only a tidbit of the dialogue between Crooks and Candy, Crooks took back his offer as soon as Curley's wife has put him down and made him realize what his place was, and that in turn made him see a dream that was unachievable. With all these character examples, they show how at a time of need,
As Candy introduces George and Lennie where they are going to stay, and the people who work there, he shares information about the relationships of the men on the ranch. After mentioning Crooks, George asks why the Boss gives “the stable buck h**l”, to which Candy replies that “ya, see the stable buck’s a ni**er.” To which George replies “Ni**er, huh?” Candy assures George saying, “Yeah. Nice fella too” (Steinbeck 18). Crook’s has some of the worst experiences, but this is one of the worst ones that are given. The workers don’t care about Crooks and don’t give any disregard to him, they call him names and treat him very poorly. Later in the story, readers find out that Crooks was treated poorly in more situations, so he doesn’t think highly of himself and doesn’t think it’s fair. Lennie goes into Crooks’ room and talks about his rabbits. Since Lennie doesn’t remember much, Crooks thinks he can tell him about anything, because he isn’t gonna go around and tell everyone what he said, plus, Crooks can’t bring trouble upon himself because all of the workers except Candy are at a cat house. “There wasn’t another colored family for miles around. And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad. If I say something, why it’s just a ni**er.” Crooks thinks that he can say whatever he wants about his opinion, because it’s just a negro, and no one
Crooks is the only black man on the farm and is named so, because of his crooked back. Crooks’s dark skin insures he does not have the same privileges as the rest of the men on the ranch. Crooks is not allowed to enter the bunkhouse with all the white ranchers so instead he has to sleep in the barn with all the animals. Similarly to Curley’s wife, Crooks is also not allowed to participate in any games with the other ranch workers. This probably makes Crooks feel ashamed of himself, however he can’t quit his job because he needs the money to survive. This is another example of when weak people are treated unfairly by the more important. Even though Curley’s wife is mistreated herself, she knows she is superior to Crooks, so whenever she gets the opportunity to, she also threatens to fire him. Throughout the story, Curley’s wife is sad because she is abused by the men on the farm, however when she gets the chance to, she does the same thing. This situation proves, that as soon as someone has a little bit more power, they are going to use it against the
After reading Of Mice And Men, I began to think about Steinbeck's representation of Crooks. Throughout the book Crooks is referred to using racial slurs and is the recipient of disrespectful name calling and discrimination. I understand that during this time this was something that was common, but given the fact that many other well written books came from this time I feel that not only the amount and the degree of what was said was unnecessary but the use of it at all. The dialogue that includes these words and phrases to some people may seem important to the characterization of characters in the story, the only characterization that i got from it was how terrible people can be. I began to feel detached from certain characters after reading what was said because when I thought about them as people I felt no sympathy towards them and felt they deserved everything that came to them. The discrimination of Crooks is just the beginning of the overall theme of “normal”
First, While Geroge and the crew were out Lennie and Crooks were talking about the farm and the rabbits when they started arguing and crooks said, "Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land (72). The importance of this quote is Crooks already knows that if you are on the outskirts of society you can't succeed. Crooks would love to be able to work on the farm with Geroge and Lennie but he already knows that’s not the case. Crooks explains to Lennie about how he has seen many people come by and they don’t succeed either, and figures if those people can't do it what are the odds of and African-American whose disabled could achieve success. Crooks mainly just wants to be accepted but he himself is on the outskirts of society. Crooks live in a racist society stereotyped for white males to succeed. It suggests in the book that he is knowledgeable describing certain books that owns but he can't use his smarts due to the society. Another character who is on the outskirts of society is Candy. After Carlson had shot Candy's dog Lennie asked Geroge to tell them how's it going to be, During the story candy started asking question and finally said,"S'pose I went in with you guys . . . I ain't much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some" (58). Candy is old, lonely, and can't do much of anything due to his hand, but he wants a home to settle down
The quote is taken when he ridicules Lennie’s dream about the farm and the rabbits. ‘‘‘You’re nuts…I seen hundreds of men come by… Every damn one of ‘em’s got a piece of land in his head… never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it.’” (Steinbeck 74). Crooks has seen many people come and go with the same dream, and none of them have ever achieved that. Crooks mocks Lennie about his dream due to his lost hope in them. His lost hope was due to the quantity of attempts the workers make and the success rate of their attempts. Crooks pulls everybody down due to the implied fact that he is trying to pull them down before they attempt and fail later realizing it was a false hope. The cause of his predatory nature was his loss in the dream coming true. He has seen it too many times he does not want history to repeat itself, thus leading him to pull people down before they pull themselves down. The loss of hope is a type of negative influence that has dominated Crooks. This negativity creates a negative attitude in his mind leading him to become a predator to everyone with the same
Crooks is not allowed to enter the bunkhouse because he is a negro. There were strict discrimination policies during that time so he had to reside in his own bunk, alone. To pass the time Crooks had learned how to read and had become very proficient at it. The other men also played horseshoes on the weekends and held tournaments which Crooks was also not allowed to participate in. This made Crooks form a bond of friendship with Lennie since he was also not allowed to play because he was mentally