Of Mice And Men Crooks is an excellent example of loneliness. The reason why i’m saying that is because he is always in the barn and left out of events that the other mates do. Crooks is a nice guy, but they treat him differently because of his skin. Color of skin is no reason to treat another human being differently. There was times when all the guys would relax and play cards but wouldnt even bother to ask Crooks if he would like to play. Only on certain occasions like Christmas. Crooks is the loneliest character in the book because he stays and sleeps in the barn by himself. Crooks has deep mistrust with the other workers because of how they treat him and how they all don’t see him as one of them. There was a time that Crooks lashes his
Crooks was a very out of place person, he was said to work in the barn with the mules making sure they were okay, he even had his own room. Steinbeck 66. Most of the time, Crooks felt lonely. The whites/workers on the farm thought that Crooks stunk, but Crooks thought the same about
In the book, Crooks is disregarded in several ways as he is a African American man in a society where racism is a prevalent issue. Crooks seek a life free of unwarranted judgment and control; hence he wants to join George and Lennie’s dream of “livin’ offa the fatta the lan.” However, he cannot realize his aspirations as he is not equal to the white men. Therefore, he symbolizes the misery of one working hard to attain a dream only to have their efforts be futile, subsequently furthering them from their goals.
The book states, “They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink.” With all of the other men playing cards without him, that would make a guy feel really lonely. Crooks quickly becomes depressed because he can’t laugh or just enjoy being with people in a game of cards. Also imagine living in a place for years on end but having to stay away from people because they tell you you stink, this is unjust to Crooks just because he’s black.
Crooks is shown as being isolated from the community, this is defining factor that characterises him. He is isolated from the ranch community and the community in Soledad for two primary reasons, his race and his disability. Crooks was kicked by a horse prior the start of the book, this leaves him unable to stand up straight and similarly to Candy gives him the appearance of uselessness (Steinbeck,2002). He is unable to work in the fields as the other men do and therefore he is even more isolated from their community. In addition to this his exclusion from the bunkhouse means he has almost no interaction with the other men on the ranch. This isolation also applies to the neighboring
He is physically separated from the other men and lives by himself and has mistrust to anyone. An example of Crooks mistrust and anger is when Crooks sees Lennie peeking through the door, “you got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any
“Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black” (68) they see Crooks as nothing. Crooks feels isolated because he didn't grow up with any black friends and his dad wouldn't let him play with the white kids. “There wasn’t another colored family for miles around” (70). Crooks is the only colored worker on the farm and he as a bad back.
Crooks is one of the only black characters in the book which means a lot of disadvantages for him. He gets separated from everybody else he's not allowed in the same sleeping quarters as the others. Everyone is racist towards him because he is black, ¨If you guys don't let me in your house to play cards,
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck looks at the theme of loneliness as it affects many characters on the ranch. Crooks, Curley's wife, and Candy are the most excluded characters on the ranch, because they all have dreams that they will not be able to live out and they all are at loss when it came to companionship. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the ranch. Since this book is set during the Depression, Jim Crow laws are still in effect, whites and blacks had separate facilities for socializing and living. Crooks comments that he can't live in the bunkhouse, and cant even play cards in there.
Crooks is found in the book as a lonely colored person that lives in a barn “ Lived in a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn” (66). He is treated differently from his back being crooked by a horse that kicked him “ I ain’t so crippled I can’t work like a son-of-a-bitch if i want to” (76). He shows pity from him expressing his feelings from what it feels to not talk to someone. Towards the middle of the book Crooks gets in an argument with Curley’s wife from him explaining to her that he has a right to talk to the other folks, as names were drawn out “ Listen, Nigger” (80). He gives the reader sympathy from showing racism in the
To begin with, Crooks is a character which is left by himself in the barn because he is a colored man. When he starts talking for the very first time in the story, he says that he can’t be in the bunkhouse
Crook’s gets called names and no one treats him like the man he should be treated, Crook’s is the loneliest man in the novel. Furthermore, Crook’s is treated like dirt, he has no friends or family and he has no home to really call his own. The other men don’t really refer to Crook’s as a man or friend or really
One more reason Crooks is lonely is because he lives by himself. The book makes it clear that Crooks doesn't get much human contact other than Slim. “Crooks, the Negro stable buck, had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn”(66). He lives in a small room off the barn with all of the animals in it. He doesn't get many
Crooks is described as a dark man with a “crooked spine” and “his lean face lined with deep black wrinkles” (67). He is a stable buck who lives in a shed on the side of the barn. Since he’s so isolated he fills his room with more personal possessions and books than the other men
He is lonesome throughout most of the novel until Lennie saw a light in his room, entered and started conversing with him. Due to the fact that he lives by himself, he “[has] nobody” with him, so he tends to “[go] nuts”’(Steinbeck 80). The reader is able to understand the desolate state Crooks is in. This is a major problem because it has started to affect his mental well-being. Crooks starts to witness things that are not really present, and due to him being separated from the rest of the guys, he has no one to base his sightings on. He has become delusional because of his isolation. The fact that loneliness can result in depression and hallucinations demonstrates the importance of it and the significance it and why it needs to be treated. When Lennie entered Crook’s room, he was annoyed at first, but then decided to let him stay, if “[he] will not get out and leave [him] alone”. While they were conferring, Crooks describes his solitary life and how he had to, “sit … and read
He asks him what he would feel like if he wasn't allowed in the bunkhouse just because he was black. Crooks tells him that everybody needs somebody and “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”(Steinbeck 72). When Crooks is saying this he is describing himself. All Crooks has to keep him company are his books. This situation makes Crooks incredibly lonely, because all he really wants is