Comparing The Dream In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Sometimes the dreams we find aren’t necessarily ones we had in mind before. In life can change in a small increment of time. In the novela Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Crooks having a change in his dream because of things that were happening around him. With actions in this novela it is extremely noticeable that Crooks has a dream just like George and Lennie do. On this ranch Crooks is the only black worker which sets him back because this time period is a period of extreme racism and segregation. The segregation portion of this is shown in the aspect that he was given a little room in the barn that is away from everyone else. On multiple occasions Crooks had a dream he wanted to fulfill but every time he had a way to make his dream come true someone tries to put him down and kill that dream. …show more content…
Crooks told Candy that he would like to work on a ranch that we would be wanted on. A ranch that he was on the same level as his peers and would not be looked down upon because of his skin. However this changes in a matter of minutes. Curley’s wife entered the barn and was trying to engage in their conversation and Crooks tried to defend Candy and Lennie and asked Curley’s wife to get out of his room. She proceeds to tell him, “Listen nigger, you know what I can do to you if you open your trap?’(Steinbeck 80). This seems to make Crooks feel really low and as Candy is walking out the door he tells him to forget about it and that he doesn’t want any part of