Crook

defined by their husbands. Curly’s wife was a very minor character but she played a big role in showing what 1930s were like for women. Alongside sexism, racism was a huge issue in the 1930s. Steinbeck used the minor character Crooks to showcase this idea in the book. Crooks, unlike the other workers, lived in the barn near the animals. He was…

Mice and Men. Nearly all of the characters want to be able to shatter their loneliness, which they expresses throughout the novel. Their quest, however, do not end well for them, leaving the characters damaged. The most serious cases are in George, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife. George's loneliness may not seem as prominent. He has a great friendship with Lennie and even says, “ We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us (pg ).” That is not very common for migrant farmers. His friendship…

down. The characters in Of Mice and Men have been corrupted by power, and are shown frequently abusing it. Throughout the book, Curley’s wife abuses the power established by her race to silence others and keep herself from being trapped. While in Crooks’ residence, Curley’s Wife…

Curley’s wife’s less physical (but much more destructive) violence is shown through her treatment of the weaker characters in the book, illustrating Steinbeck's moral of how violence has many different motivators. The portrayal of Curley's wife as an object of seduction leads the readers to conclude that the men on the ranch only think of her as a cause of trouble and distance themselves from her presence, not even giving her a name. Her desperate attempts for attention are coyly hidden behind…

could get away with the crime due to them being minors. On the night of the murder, Simmons and Benjamin met at the home of the victim, Shirly Crook, after Tessmer backed out. Simmons and Benjamin entered the home by reaching through and open window and unlocking the backdoor. Simmons then went on to turn on the hallway light which caused the victim, Mrs. Crook to wake up. Simmons entered the victims’ room and duct tape her eyes and mouth and bind her hands then placed her in a minivan and drove…

Lennie, Candy and his dog, and Slim and George. Although there are friendships there are also downfalls. Throughout the novel most of the characters feel lonely, and isolated, like Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence revealing this isolation and loneliness among these characters. Crooks, a colored stable boy, is very isolated from the other men on the ranch, because the color of his skin. He’s also very lonely, he’s not mean, he just has no one to talk…

like to be lonely sometimes. First, what is it like to be lonely for George without Lennie? Secondly, while Curley is out of the house busy a lot how does Curley’s wife show loneliness. Finally, since he lives in a barn with no one with him how does Crooks have loneliness in the story? First, why is George lonely in the story by spending a lot of time with his friends that he met on the ranch and killing Lennie in the back of the head? There are several examples of how loneliness affects George.…

Of Lennie and George... In John Steinbeck's Novel Of Mice and Men Steinbeck develops an unbreakable and abnormal bond between two men, George Milton and Lennie Small. Throughout the book their friendship is seen as different compared to everyone else's friendships on the ranch. Steinbeck Uses the motif of friendship to help his readers to understand that human beings both crave and fear the feeling of friendship in their lives when they are put in situations with new and unknown people.…

Imagine a life being discriminated because of your ethnicity, or being the only woman stuck on a ranch with the miserable marriage, Or you just killed your best friend. How would you feel if you were in their shoes? All these scenarios are illustrated in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Takes place during the Great Depression where to immigrant workers George and Lennie are seeking a new life in Soledad. Instead of getting a new life they face more challenges than ever before.…

depressed. Throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, loneliness is a key factor and it shows itself in many ways. Three examples of this are Crooks, Curley’s Wife, and Candy. In Of Mice and Men, characters show loneliness. First, there is Crooks, who has no one and will have no one, he is treated as trash, and is not allowed to join the men in cards in the bunkhouse. Crooks says “They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink” (Steinbeck 68). He has no visitors in his…