The first example that supports my thesis is Crook’s memory of his father’s chicken ranch. While others like George, Lennie, and Candy look to the future for their dream, Crooks looks into his past, remembering the happiness he had as a small boy. Crooks explains to Lennie that the “‘white kids came to play at our place, an’ sometimes i went to play with them, and sometimes them were pretty nice’” (Steinbeck 46). In this quote Crooks hints the reader to what his dream is. He dreams of not being discriminated against and treated fairly and without prejudice. He later clarifies to Lennie that his father didn’t like that Crooks was playing with boys of another color. He tells Lennie, “‘I never knew till long later why he didn’t like that.
