Crook

people who receive unfair treatment and do not belong. Black people are portrayed as social outcasts because they do not receive fair treatment as others. For example, a black character named Crooks said, “They play cards in there, but I can’t because I’m black,” (Steinbeck, 68). This reveals that Crooks couldn’t go in there because of his skin color and…

On the road, you can will see many drivers going beyond the speed limit, these drivers are risking danger to themself and other people on the road. Yet most of them do it anyway, they like how the thrill of the speed makes them feel, making them want to have more power and to excel in speed. This is how some of the many car accidents are created, there are people who are innocent and others who are of fault for the accident. In the book Of Mice And Men, the author Steinbeck uses Curley and…

George, Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife. They all admit to having a sense of loneliness and isolation. Each of them desire that comfort of a friend but would settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. Curley’s wife admitted to Candy, Crooks and Lennie that she was unhappily married, and Crooks told Lennie that life is no good without a companion…

the fatta the lan’ ”(14). The novella also discusses how loneliness can affect human beings, namingly Crooks and Curley’s wife, and cause them to suffer deeply as a consequence. To start off with, Steinbeck uses the friendship of two men, George and Lennie, to show that…

her. ON page 88, Curley’s wife states, “I always thought my ol lady stole it..”. The lack of trust and instability in relationships leads her character into becoming bitter and mean. The only way she feels empowered is by bringing someone down like Crooks. In the novel, she admits, “I get lonely...You can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley.” This shows how trapped she feels and lonely she gets since the only person she can talk to is someone she doesn’t…

from chapter four was changed tremendously. In this chapter we are introduced to the only black character Crooks when Lennie visits his barn, looking for company. In this chapter of the book there is a part where Lennie tells Crooks his and George’s plan of buying their own land and Crooks doesn’t believe him. Then Candy comes in the conversion assuring that their plans are true which changes Crooks mind. Later Curley's wife shows up looking for Curley and when she…

the side effects cause their character to sway towards negative emotional extremes. They acquire this loneliness from faults of their own character and by factors of which they could not control. A sad example of one such character would be that of Crooks, a slave that was brought to the ranch and has worked there ever since,…

The relationship of Lennie and George got deeper than the first chapter. There is relationship between George and Lennie by having George leading Lennie by being strict to him. From another part, when Crooks said “S’pose George don’t come back no more. What’ll you do then?” (Steinbeck, 71) Then Lennie got mad to him because of getting bullied about their relationship. That’s another part that there were relationships about these two characters. Also in the last scene, when George killed Lennie…

idea as what has mentioned above, the main characters - Crooks, Curley’s wife and Candy, have all suffered from loneliness, despite its consequences developed differently. Loneliness develops abnormal behaviors. Crooks is an African-Californian who suffered from loneliness by racism. As a consequence, abnormal behavior emerged. He felt ashamed to engage with others and started self-isolation. For instance, Lennie made an attempt to access Crooks’ room, but encountered his sharp refusion: “You…

harassment comes in different forms in the workplace and academic settings (Crooks & Baur, 2014). People can be met with unwanted sexual comments, demands, or advances (Lecture 3, 2011). The two types of harassment include: quid pro quo and “hostile or offensive environment”. Quid pro quo is where a person is given an ultimatum to comply with unwanted sexual advances in order to keep a job, get a promotion, or get a good grade (Crooks & Baur, 2014). A “hostile or offensive environment” is caused…