Crook

sympathy for the character of Crooks in his novel ‘Of Mice and Men’. Firstly, Steinbeck makes the reader feel sorry for Crooks by making them empathise with him. When Crooks sees Lennie in his stable, he tries to make Lennie understand how he feels by saying: “S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse ’cause you was black. How’d you like that? S’pose you had to sit out here and read books.” Steinbeck uses parallel structure in Crooks’ words by repeating the same…

went out to do their duties, and Candy got to cleaning the bunkhouse. All were working except Crooks, Crooks was nowhere to be seen. Nobody seemed to notice as all was calm on the ranch, it was almost as if everyone has forgotten what happened yesterday, and they were just working as hard as they do any other day. Until Candy comes outside screaming the unthinkable. “He’s dead! The boss is dead, Crooks murdered the boss!” Candy screamed in terror. Then everyone broke into panic. All…

of buying land, and almost becomes a reality when Candy offers almost all of the money needed for the plot of land. Crooks dream is to be a part of something, but he doesn't believe the dream will ever come true because of…

Reality today clearly illustrates how people have evolved as evident in the number and kinds of crimes perpetrated. There is indeed a plethora of crimes of all sorts that happen in just one day. Crooks strike anytime at anywhere and the morbid truth about this is that, they exempt no one. While some criminals choose who they would want their victims to be, other do not and instead just do such illicit acts without caring as to whose life they are compromising. In the United States, the crime…

America: Riveting Prospects, the article written by Ed Crooks, discusses the issues within the United States lack of exporting goods. He briefly touches on five reasons why our economy is not quick to jump at the opportunity that trade can bring. Here within I will discuss those five areas along with my opinion on international commerce. 1. The United States are not custom to selling internationally. Mr. Crooks speaks about there only being 1% of goods exported to other countries at the time…

Steinbeck presents Crooks as quite a lonely character. In Chapter 4 when he is introduced he is referred to as a "negro stable buck", not a man. He is just a long time employee who is relegated to a separate bunkhouse with the animals. The resentment of his treatment has led to him becoming neat and literate, which are qualities the others don 't possess. Yet he has these qualities, the other men still treat him as if he isn 't there. He is treated like he is invisible by the other ranch workers…

Crooks impairment is that he is black has a crooked back and is lonely. “Cause im black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because i 'm black.” (Steinbeck 68) In this quote Crooks is talking to Lennie about how he can not go play cards with the other workers on the ranch because he is black.This explains Crooks impairment because he is not treated the same as the other workers and cannot do activities with the other workers because he is black. An example of how crooks is lonely…

uses the character Crooks in Of Mice and Men to show how black people were treated As an example, Crooks is introduced by Candy telling George and Lennie “An’ he give the the stable buck hell, too.” (Steinbeck 19). Crooks is discriminated against because he has to live in the stable with the horses whereas everyone else on the farm to whom are white get to live in the bunkhouse. John Steinbeck did an excellent job of showing how bad black people had it in life by using Crooks as an example.…

say I stink.” In the book Of Mice and Men, the author, John S teinbeck, clearly shows loneliness within each character. However, Crooks has it worse than anyone else. Crooks is a black stable buck and lives separately in the barn. A while ago, Crooks was kicked in the back by a horse, causing him to be forever bent over, and this is where he gets his nickname. Crooks’ loneliness may be the result of how he is treated, for example, he is constantly put down and verbally and physically assaulted…

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…