In chapter 2 Steinbeck introduces the character of Crooks, ‘the negro stable buck’. Steinbeck guides the audience into a more coarse, prejudicial 1930s america. The author does this by introducing Crooks through the word of Candy: “An’ he give the stable buck hell, too”. This makes the audience feel taken aback; in the first mention of this unknown character, the audience is already made aware of the fact that firstly, this character (Crooks) is of low social class- no name given, the character is just dubbed, the “stable buck”. Secondly, through the use of taboo language, it is implied that the stable buck -innocent-has been the vent of the boss’
