Imagine living during the Great Depression and you are the only women or African-American male on a ranch. You’d feel like an outlier, and you’d go into an almost self isolation because there is no one else like you on the ranch. This is exactly how Curley’s wife and Crooks, the stable hand who works with the ranch horses, felt during the time of the Great Depression. Curley’s wife and Crooks have very different lifestyles and backgrounds but they have the same feeling of isolation on the ranch. They are both minorities, she is the only women and he is the only African American, both have bad reputations. Crooks is known for being cranky all the time and having a bad attitude and Curley’s wife is always super flirty with all the guys on the
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Crooks is the only African American man on the farm so he is already left out of a lot of things and pushed to the side. The fact that he has a bad attitude and rarely shows kindness only adds fuel to the fire. Whenever someone tries to talk to him he immediately puts up a wall around him to keep them away from him so that they don’t make him feel more isolated than he already does. When Lennie wanders into Crooks room he immediately tells him to get out. In the text it states, “Well, go see your pup, then. Don’t come in a place where you’re not wanted,” (69). This shows that all of the separation from men on the ranch turned his personality mean and bitter so when Lennie comes into his room to talk to him he wants him out. It is the same for Curley’s wife, instead of being mean and bitter she is very flirtatious with all of the men on the ranch. Most people would think that a man would like a pretty women to flirt with him but it the exact opposite, they don’t like it at all. Whenever she comes into the bunkhouses or the barn they turn a blind eye and go back to what they were doing or they tell her to leave. This leaves her with a bad reputation with the men so, she is also isolated from …show more content…
Curley’s wife’s American Dream was to become famous in Hollywood, but she didn’t all because her mother said she was too young. As a result of this, she settled for marrying Curley and living on the ranch feeling isolated for the rest of her short lived life after being accidentally killed by Lennie. Crooks also wants to live the American Dream but that didn’t work out either. Now he has a crooked back and a lives alone in a bunk in the barn. He doesn’t let this discourage him though because when Lennie is talking to him about him and George going to live on their own farm and have rabbits, he offers his help if they ever will ever need it. In the text it states, “... 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... “ (76). This shows that Crooks wants to work on the farm with them even though he is crippled, he can still do what everyone else can do. It also shows that he didn’t achieve his American Dream to have his own farm. He is the only crippled African American man on a ranch with Caucasian men living by himself in a barn. He’s no where close to his American Dream he wanted to
Crooks is the only African American man on the farm so he is already left out of a lot of things and pushed to the side. The fact that he has a bad attitude and rarely shows kindness only adds fuel to the fire. Whenever someone tries to talk to him he immediately puts up a wall around him to keep them away from him so that they don’t make him feel more isolated than he already does. When Lennie wanders into Crooks room he immediately tells him to get out. In the text it states, “Well, go see your pup, then. Don’t come in a place where you’re not wanted,” (69). This shows that all of the separation from men on the ranch turned his personality mean and bitter so when Lennie comes into his room to talk to him he wants him out. It is the same for Curley’s wife, instead of being mean and bitter she is very flirtatious with all of the men on the ranch. Most people would think that a man would like a pretty women to flirt with him but it the exact opposite, they don’t like it at all. Whenever she comes into the bunkhouses or the barn they turn a blind eye and go back to what they were doing or they tell her to leave. This leaves her with a bad reputation with the men so, she is also isolated from …show more content…
Curley’s wife’s American Dream was to become famous in Hollywood, but she didn’t all because her mother said she was too young. As a result of this, she settled for marrying Curley and living on the ranch feeling isolated for the rest of her short lived life after being accidentally killed by Lennie. Crooks also wants to live the American Dream but that didn’t work out either. Now he has a crooked back and a lives alone in a bunk in the barn. He doesn’t let this discourage him though because when Lennie is talking to him about him and George going to live on their own farm and have rabbits, he offers his help if they ever will ever need it. In the text it states, “... 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... “ (76). This shows that Crooks wants to work on the farm with them even though he is crippled, he can still do what everyone else can do. It also shows that he didn’t achieve his American Dream to have his own farm. He is the only crippled African American man on a ranch with Caucasian men living by himself in a barn. He’s no where close to his American Dream he wanted to