The Unwanted In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Crooks is the stable boy, he is neat, likes books and is pretty quiet. He is also black, because of this he is discriminated be the other men at the farm. This prejudice leads Crooks to be extreme isolated, left to tend the horses alone. When Lennie tries to make friends with Crooks he reacts defensively, as the text states, “Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. "Come on in and set a while," Crooks said. "'Long as you won't get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down." His tone was a little more friendly.” This quote shows that since Crooks hasn’t had any friends for so long that he almost can't deal with someone trying to be nice and interact with him.

The interactions he has with the other workers are kept at a bare minimum and he even sleeps in an area that faces away from the worker’s common room. All of the time he is separated from the workers and has no one to keep him company while he goes about his day. This segregation has made Crooks bitter and when Lennie starts talking to him, he goes on a rant to complain and lament about how unfair it is to be kept from other people because “a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody” (72). Crooks’ lonely state has made him a key example of isolation in Steinbeck’s

Crooks was alienated due to the color of his skin, and he suffered a lot because of it. Crooks had his own room in a barn, almost as if he was an animal. He couldn't really ever stand up to anyone and when Lennie First enter the barn Crooks tried to take advantage of the fact the lennie was mentally challenged but then realised that Lennie still had strength. Crooks was only angry as self defense When he realised that lennie didn't mean any harm, he began to confide in him he wasn't as mean as he seemed , “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick” (Steinbeck 73). He was bitter and angry to how the world treated him due to his skin.

In the barn she confides to Lennie revealing “Could have been in the movies and had nice clothes. All of them nice clothes that they wear.” For Curley's wife the stage and fame symbolizes the attention and beauty that are not present to her on the ranch. The annoyance and isolation she experiences directs her to her dangerous flirtatiousness. She then mentions “I coulda sat in them big hotels and had pictures took of me.”

“s’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy” (Steinbeck 72), because of his race. He is trying to explain to Lennie that if he did not have George things would be very different, or if you were not the same religion or race as the people around you. Also Crooks shares with Lennie that the way he lives is not a proper way to live your life, “a guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody” (Steinbeck 72). Crooks does not want to live being detached from everybody anymore, but society does not change overnight and he knows that is the way things

People believe that loneliness is only experienced by people who are alone. This, however, is not the case. Throughout the story, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck developed many thought provoking topics, lessons and themes in his story about many unique people who were working on a farm in Salinas, California during the Great Depression. These were shown through the character’s actions and beliefs in the book. Steinbeck believes that, as humans, it is possible to feel loneliness even if we are not alone because some people don’t feel as if they have someone that will care to listen to them and talk to them.

Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope in your life which is what John Steinbeck is portraying through fictional characters in Of Mice and Men. The readers of this novel get a sense of a depressing environment that the migrant farmers were living and the consequences they faced during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck teaches us that even through hard work it’s not always possible to achieve our dreams or goals. Lennie, George, Curley’s wife, Candy and Crooks had dreams that they wanted to achieve, but due to many difficult circumstances, they couldn’t make those dreams come true.

George told Lennie to stay clear of Curley’s Wife because she tries to interact with the men. Due to her gender, Curley’s Wife is labeled as a troublemaker and is called discriminatory names by the men on the ranch: “I think Curley married… a tart”(28). “Well, George says you'll get us in a mess”(88). George says she will get them in a mess because she is a woman. Curley’s Wife repeatedly gets called names and is judged because of her gender.

When confiding in Lennie, she told him “‘I get lonely...you can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley’” (Steinbeck 87) and she said that her dream was to be a movie star, not living on a farm. She shares that the only thing keeping her back is Curley’s anger; his anger keeps her afraid and keeps her on the farm. Curley’s wife doesn’t get the same rights as the other men because she is a woman.

Crooks was the second character that experienced alienation because he to was isolated from everyone on the bunkhouse because he was a black man he had his own little cozy room. He couldn’t go into the bunkhouse unless the boss told him that he could go in there and that’s only on special occasions. Crooks also experience loneliness because he is in his room by himself and he doesn't have anyone to talk to, also he wants to play cards with the men in the bunkhouse but hr can’t because he is not allowed in there because he is black and they say that he stunk. "I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick." (John Steinbeck 36) was a quote that Crooks says to Lennie when he comes into his room to talk to

In Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an important theme that is revealed through the characters of Crooks and Curley’s wife. Loneliness is displayed by many characters in the novel, but the character that demonstrates

During this time of the early 1900s racism and prejudice was more than common. Because of the amount of melanin in Crooks’ skin, he is rejected from the rest of the guys at the ranch. When Lennie comes into Crooks’ living area, Crooks says, “S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black.” (Steinbeck 72) Crooks is explaining his situation to Lennie, Crooks has to sit alone with the horses and read for entertainment.

when Lennie enters crooks bunk like a curious crooks becomes angry and teases lennie saying, “‘i said s'pose George went into town tonight and you never heard of him no more.’”(steinbeck 71). Crooks or anyone for that matter just doesn't seem to care about how their actions may affect the in they

Crooks is an African-American farmer who works as a stable buck and has a crooked back as a result of a horse’s kick. As a men of color working among Whites, Crooks often found himself unaccompanied. According to Crooks “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick” (Ch 4. Pg 73) Crook’s “loneliness” reflects in his interaction with Lennie, as well has his earnest decision to open-heartedly confess his sentiments to Lennie.

First, the men on the ranch don’t see Curley’s wife as a person, just as a tart and a possession. In fact, the ranch men only refer to her as “Curley’s wife” and is never given a name, this is to show that she is only seen as a possession of Curley’s. None of the ranch men want to talk to Curley’s wife because if they are mean to her she will get them fired and if they are nice to her Curley will get jealous and will get them fired. George knows this and tells Lennie, “Well, you keep away from her, ’cause she’s a rat-trap if I ever seen one” (p.32). Curley’s wife is not treated equally by the men because she is a