There are over fifteen general types of discrimination that affect people all over the world every single day. Some of those include age, disabilities, race, or religion. In the book Of Mice and Men, there are many characters that have difficulties in their life that cause them to be discriminated against from some of these types of discrimination. Discrimination affects characters in Of Mice and Men through Lennie and his mental health making him unable to complete his dream, Candy missing his hand causing him to work harder for his job, and Crooks with the color of his skin making it easy for him to feel more lonely. First of all, discrimination affects Lennie because he is not able to complete his dream with the state of his mental health.
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In the book, Crooks is the only black man. All the white men like to go out and have fun, but he is always left out and can not go because he is black. He says “‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, all of you stink to me’” (Steinbeck 68). In the quote, Crooks is saying that he is not allowed to do things with the rest of them because of his race. Crooks is separated from the others. He has his own separate room, and he does not let anybody come into it. He chooses to isolate himself since the others do not include him in the activities they do. He is lonely most of the time because the others discriminate against him, forcing him to stay by himself. A little bit later, while Crooks is talking to Lennie, he says “‘If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it’” (Steinbeck 70). Crooks is saying that when he talks, nobody really listens. People discriminate against him because he is black. So when he tries to talk to people, he thinks what he says does not matter. He feels like what he says does not mean anything to anyone since he is black. He pushes people away because he thinks that they don’t care since he is black, but isolating himself causes a lot of loneliness. Discrimination affects Crooks because what he says doesn’t matter to people and he isn’t included in activities which makes him feel very
In the book, Crooks is the only black man. All the white men like to go out and have fun, but he is always left out and can not go because he is black. He says “‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, all of you stink to me’” (Steinbeck 68). In the quote, Crooks is saying that he is not allowed to do things with the rest of them because of his race. Crooks is separated from the others. He has his own separate room, and he does not let anybody come into it. He chooses to isolate himself since the others do not include him in the activities they do. He is lonely most of the time because the others discriminate against him, forcing him to stay by himself. A little bit later, while Crooks is talking to Lennie, he says “‘If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it’” (Steinbeck 70). Crooks is saying that when he talks, nobody really listens. People discriminate against him because he is black. So when he tries to talk to people, he thinks what he says does not matter. He feels like what he says does not mean anything to anyone since he is black. He pushes people away because he thinks that they don’t care since he is black, but isolating himself causes a lot of loneliness. Discrimination affects Crooks because what he says doesn’t matter to people and he isn’t included in activities which makes him feel very