Bunkhouse

Crooks has his own bunkhouse out in the barn with all the animals, “Crooks, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn” (Stienbeck 66). This quote portrays how Crooks is lonely because he does not sleep with anyone…

Candy, who has lost a hand, works as a maid who cleans the bunkhouse. Carlson wants to shoot Candy’s dog, he believes the dog smells and is miserable. Candy’s response is “Well - hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him" (44). Candy is holding on to his only friend, his dog. Candy…

exploit is to get a value or use from something; and to use or manipulate to one’s advantage. By doing exploiting different characters, the author is able to add conflict and tension between them throughout the story. George and Slim enter the dark bunkhouse where a light is cast over Slim. George then explains to Slim why he and Lennie had to leave Weed. He says that since Lennie wants to touch everything that he likes, when he saw a girl in a red dress, he had to feel it. Lennie scares the…

the other workers since he is not allowed in their bunkhouse and he has to live in a barn; in addition to this, Crooks cannot participate in the same activities as the white workers. It can be seen he feels this way when 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,” in response to a white worker asking him why he does not go into the bunkhouse (68). Although racism was worse in the 1930’s,…

Although Crooks is just the stable hand on the farm, he is prideful and has dignity. Crooks grew up as a landowner with his father and it was not until later that he became a slave. This is likely the source of some of his pride. The harness room out near the barn was wear Crooks stayed. Since Crooks was at the farm longer than most people, he was able to collect more personal belongings. His collection of books was a sign of intelligence. At this time, not many people knew how to read. He took…

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…

discriminated because of his race. Crooks tells Lennie how he feels about being the only black man on the ranch after Lennie goes into his room and they sit down to talk.“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black” Steinbeck (72) This shows that Crooks doesn’t get to go to the bunkhouse and play cards with the rest of the guys because he is black. This shows that discrimination of colored people back then was pretty bad. Crooks has to sleep out in the barn and…

Steinbeck greatly emphasizes loneliness through Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy. The first character that portrays loneliness is Curley’s Wife. There are many moments in the story where she comes to the bunkhouse and would ask “have any of you guys seen Curley” (31). When she comes into the bunkhouse and asks for Curley it shows that she is lonely and she just wants someone to talk to. Curley is never around as he is always with the guys in town. There are many more instances in the story where…

not allow his wife top talk to any other men in the ranch. With this restriction she gets isolated from everyone and can not stand it. When George and Lennie just come to the ranch, they meet Curley’s wife for the first time. She comes into the bunkhouse to look for Curley, and “ both men glanced up, for a rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. A girl was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung…

Discrimination has been the cause of many troubling issues throughout the course of history, including lynching a person for who they are, killing them, starting a war, and even changing a person from who they used to be. Lennie is traveling with his friend George ,looking for a ranch to work on, but Lennie is no ordinary person, he has a mental disability which causes him to forget things easily and is shy to even speak for himself. Curley's wife is a housewife who's married to Curley, but she…