Does Crooks Deserve Sympathy In Of Mice And Men

In the book Of Mice and Men every single character deserves sympathy and pity but there are three characters in the book that deserve the most sympathy. Although Curley’s wife and Crooks are characters who deserve pity, Lennie is the most sympathetic character because he isn’t the same as everyone else. He doesn’t quite get the things that are said to him and how everyone sees him differently for who he really is. He gets made fun of and yelled at quite often and he really doesn’t do much about it

Throughout the book, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck establishes sympathy for every character but some more than others. Each character deals with something in the book. Lennie, Curley’s wife, and Crooks are the characters that deserve the most sympathy. Lennie deserves some sympathy. He has a mental illness that is why he is always with George. Lennie isn’t capable of taking care of himself, he isn’t always aware of the things he does. Even George his best friend feels bad for him,“poor bastard”(8)

How does John Steinbeck present the character of Crooks? In the novel "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck, the author, uses the character of Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of all the ranchers: their loneliness and need for company and human interaction. Crooks got his name from his "crooked

In the novel "Of Mice and Men" the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck, the author, to symbolise the marginalisation of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks is also significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of all the ranchers: their loneliness and need for company and human interaction. The reader has to decide whether Crooks deserves sympathy, or if he is just a cruel, bitter and gruff stable-buck

people. Even though some characters in the play and the novella are complicit in and take part in terrible acts, we still feel some sympathy towards them and this due to the pressure forced upon them by society, the people they consider to be important and desire to conform. In this essay, I will be examining how the different contextual background of both Of Mice and Men and DNA affect the way both Curley’s Wife (OMAM) and Leah (DNA) characters are presented. I will also consider how the pressure of

Steinbeck’s novel was written and set in the 1930s. In the novella, of Mice and Men, the autor gave his characters "The American Dream" but the obsacles always seem to get in the way. Steinbeck show us the theme, "American Dream", as it is in real life and demonstrates the effect of isolation through prejudice, broken dreams and the setting. Every character from the ranch is discriminated in Of Mice and Men. The book Of mice and men was written in a period when people with mental illness were treated

Does Steinbeck condemn Curley’s wife, or does he sympathise with her? Throughout the 1930’s in California, where and when the novel “of mice and men” was set, women were frequently suppressed and treated as objects. They were put down and often abused. They were forced to do anything their husband says otherwise they were condemned by the family and general public. Several of these issues are reflected in the character of Curly’s wife. This character is portrayed in many different ways in

The Importance of the American Dream to John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men The novella, 'Of Mice and Men' was written in 1937 in Salinas, California. It was written by John Steinbeck who himself was born in Salinas in 1902. Adjacent to the Salinas River, much of the town's commerce is centred upon shipping and agriculture and specifically vegetable farming. Early in the century many people were migrating to California, and many were trying to succeed in farming. One of

The novel 'Of Mice and Men' was written by John Steinbeck in 1936. It is set in the society of the 1920's. The author sets up our perception of the character 'Curley's wife' in a way that allows us to develop our understanding of her, and enables us to later decide how far we agree that she is an innocent and vulnerable victim, or a manipulator who deserves her fate. We are first introduced to the character 'Curley's wife' in chapter two by Candy. We immediately see her being blamed for causing

and Of Mice and Men. Isolation - a complete, or near-complete lack of contact with people or society. People can either ostracise you, deliberately shunning you out, which is mainly the type which can be found in the books which we have studied, or it can be very accidental. From The Dubliners, a collection of short stories, I have selected two that I feel can be related to themes of isolation and withdrawal: First, The Dead, written by James Joyce, set in Edwardian Dublin, and like Of Mice and Men