Crook

Of Mice and Men is a realistic fiction novella written by John Steinbeck that takes place during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. The protagonists of the story, George and Lennie, are two migrant workers who venture from place to place looking for labor. Throughout the story, Steinbeck uses the literary device, setting, to develop the central idea, dreams are hard to achieve when certain limitations are barricading you from reaching it. Migrant workers, in this time period…

It’s the 1930’s, the middle of the Great Depression. Many of Americans have lost their jobs and are looking for work. In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are doing the same. They are just two friends trying to make a living and achieve their dream. However, without the power of friendship some dreams just don’t seem possible anymore. Of Mice and Men starts out with George and Lennie, who are headed to a ranch near Soledad, California. They are good friends that travel together during the…

will be unable to defend themselves without consequences; his wife invariably ignores the men’s requests to leave them be so as to avoid trouble with her husband, and she abuses the connotation of her skin color by making inflammatory comments to Crooks and attempting to make him succumb to her seniority, believing that she is superior to him. Those with control over others often exploit their privilege, uncomprehending of the atrocious acts that they…

It is the dogma of 'survival of the fittest' applied at the end of the story which uses a crushing example. Lenny, as you may recollect, was dubbed "mental defective" by Crooks. Well, he wasn't wrong. Lenny's tragic flaw is being mentally incapable while exceeding physically. As a result, Lenny ends up killing the farm owner's wife- who now wanted Lenny's head on a platter. In the end, tears rolled as OMM's sweetest character…

The reason George and Lennie are not lonely is because they have each other while other people on the farm such as Crooks, Curley, and Curley's wife don't have anyone. A direct quotation that supports this is when when Lennie is talking to Crooks and Crooks says “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely here.”(chapter 4) This supports the statement above because Crooks tells how working on the farm day after day and then traveling to another farm with no one gets lonely. Another direct quotation…

them endure their hardship and their suffering; however, others prefer to be by themselves. In the book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, we can see these two ways of dealing with hardship and suffering in Candy and Curley’s wife, and in Crooks and George. Candy is a character that suffers a lot since the time he is mentioned in the book because he is an old man who didn’t have a hand, and who had an unconditional love to his only true friend, his old…

alone. A few characters deal with their loneliness by searching for a companionship with other characters. It isn't an always successful outcome. All characters struggle with loneliness because of the characteristics they cant control. To start, Crooks seems to be the one who is most lonely. This is mainly because…

The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency in School Systems and Communities Juvenile delinquency is the term used for youth who commit acts that would be considered criminal if committed by an adult. United States court systems have seen a recent spike in the prevalence of delinquent acts by juveniles. School systems have decided to intervene in efforts to reduce these rates. Currently school across the United States have been experiencing more and more signs of delinquent behavior in adolescents.…

types of opinion or matter. Crooks is a sympathetic character because he's different than the others. They treat him different because of his race. “Crooks had retired into terrible protective dignity of the negro.”(80).. Crooks was named by his crooked back by a kick of a horse. His character was used as an image of discrimination in the south. “ She turned to him and scorned.”Listen nigger” she said. “You know what I could do to you if you open your trap?” Crooks stared hopelessly at her…

Marxist theory applies to the ranch’s owner and his son and how he requests dominance over their workers. Curley’s wife and Crooks both do not get respect because of their gender and race. Lennie’s disabilities also are cause for people’s ignorance towards him. So a Marxist theory clearly is evident throughout the entirely of the novel. Karl Marx’s theory explains how classicism…