Being an outsider is the most difficult thing a person can undergo. In the book Of Mice and Men, almost all the characters have some sort of marginalisation with them which leads to loneliness. In this novel age, race, and employment status are used to marginalise the characters. The themes of the novel are important because they depict human life in a remarkable and comprehensive way relating to the dreams and constant struggles faced in life. All characters played in the novel Of Mice and Men are lonesome, living an empty everyday life consisting of mainly hard labor. The characters all live a very disheartening life, with the lack of happiness, love, hope and affection in their lives (Teachers.com).
Crooks is one of the characters John Steinbeck …show more content…
Her real name is not mentioned, leaving her with a lack of identity and portraying her lower status. This is also to inform the readers how women had no power at all during the Great Depression, and instead, they were just like property to their husbands. Her husband makes her stay in the house because he does not trust her with the ranch workers, which was the same thing during the Great Depression when women had to stay at home and take care of the house and children while their husbands went to work. Although her husband dominates her, she does not hesitate to take the risk. The only man she reverses her role from oppressed to oppressor is Crooks. This is known when Curley’s wife discourteously interrupts the conversation between the three men, and when Crooks makes a slight attempt to object to the trespass into his space, she expresses her power over black men by telling him that, “Listen, nigger,[...] You know what I can do to you if you open your trap? [...] I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t funny” (Lobodziec). She also had no one to talk to, and when she tried to talk with the ranch workers, all she got back is how she should leave them alone because they do not want “no” trouble and maybe lose their jobs. This makes her feel lonely, and she states, “ I never get to talk to anyone. I get awful lonely” (86). She is also the only female in the book and being the only female leaves her with the lack of companionship especially when she is being disliked by other characters in the novel and not truly loved by her husband. (marked by
Crooks is one of the characters John Steinbeck …show more content…
Her real name is not mentioned, leaving her with a lack of identity and portraying her lower status. This is also to inform the readers how women had no power at all during the Great Depression, and instead, they were just like property to their husbands. Her husband makes her stay in the house because he does not trust her with the ranch workers, which was the same thing during the Great Depression when women had to stay at home and take care of the house and children while their husbands went to work. Although her husband dominates her, she does not hesitate to take the risk. The only man she reverses her role from oppressed to oppressor is Crooks. This is known when Curley’s wife discourteously interrupts the conversation between the three men, and when Crooks makes a slight attempt to object to the trespass into his space, she expresses her power over black men by telling him that, “Listen, nigger,[...] You know what I can do to you if you open your trap? [...] I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t funny” (Lobodziec). She also had no one to talk to, and when she tried to talk with the ranch workers, all she got back is how she should leave them alone because they do not want “no” trouble and maybe lose their jobs. This makes her feel lonely, and she states, “ I never get to talk to anyone. I get awful lonely” (86). She is also the only female in the book and being the only female leaves her with the lack of companionship especially when she is being disliked by other characters in the novel and not truly loved by her husband. (marked by