The Black Crook

and Lennie to a desolate background represented as the farm, to characterize both of them as isolated foreigners. Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife express the outcast of privilege and power which doesn’t seem significant at first, but as the story progresses, they help foreshadow the feuds that will happen later in the novel. Although they share significant experiences, Crooks, and Curley’s wife will suffer way more discrimination on grounds of racial and sexual orientation within the ranch. The

Steinbeck, and the graphic novel of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. The fictional novella Of Mice and Men - based in 1930’s California during the Depression - demonstrates the struggles of adversity distinctly through the characters of Curley’s Wife and Crooks, and the non-fictional story of Persepolis – a story narrating the author’s childhood during the Islamic Revolution during the 1980’s in Iran – displays this theme of adversity through the antagonist author, Marjane. In addition to the difficulties

noticeably longer than the others in Steinbeck's novella. This character is Crooks, a bitter and aloof man, he used to have a family with brothers and a 10 acre chicken ranch. Now he lives the life of a stable buck isolated by his race (he is the only African American on the ranch) among other things (Steinbeck,2002). This loneliness truly characterises him and causes no end to his bitterness. John Steinbeck Portrays Crooks as the loneliest character because, he is isolated by race, disability, location

Cameron Bagwell Mrs Dalghren English III March 31,2017 John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men (1937) He writes about the struggles of migrant workers during The Great Depression. George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant workers face many obstacles while traveling California hoping to achieve their dream. Steinbeck uses Lennie, George, and The Ranch to be convey themes of loneliness and isolation in the novel. Lennie is tall and powerful, but he has the mind of a child. He travels with George

American Army Force only 10 days earlier. In mid June of 1876 General George Crook and approximately 1325 American soldiers, packers, miners and Indian allies moved north1. The intent was to get contingents of the Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho to move to reservations. History Gold had been discovered in the Black Hills of the Dakotas, and the American military intended to take it by force after a failed treaty negotiation. Crook had moved north from Fort Fetterman camp near present day Douglas Wyoming

face several struggles, mainly Lennie’s disabilities. In the end of the story, George kills Lennie and, in doing so, kills their dream portraying the eventual failure of the American Dream. Through the struggles of George, Lennie, Curley’s wife, and Crooks, John Steinbeck portrays how the American Dream destroys their lives and their hope for their futures. George and Lennie not only travel together; they also share a dream together. George and Lennie dream of having “a little house and a couple of

it ain’t even funny.”(Steinbeck 81) This quote was said to Crooks when he asked Curley's wife to go out of his room. Since he was black he couldn’t talk back to that because he had no power. “Cause i’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because i’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, all you stink to me.”(Steinbeck 68) He was isolated from the others because he was black and they all thought that since he was black he smelled

While companionship does not fulfill our basic human needs, it is arguably the thing people yearn for the most. People desire someone who will be there for them or at the very least have someone who will listen to them. This strong inclination and be applied to the book Of Mice and Men. In the book Of Mice and Men,written by John Steinbeck, the evidence presented in the novel that demonstrates the characters’ strong need for a companion is each character’s loneliness and isolation. One character

on what he saw during the 1900s. He observed what he saw around him and applied it to the book. It emphasizes how, Crooks, being a colored man was treated differently because of his color. For example, Lennie asks, "Why ain't you wanted?" " 'Cause I'm black," "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black," Basically, Steinbeck is informing the reader that black people were not allowed in some places. Now women didn't have as much power either around that time. It was even

disability. Crooks, the black stable buck, is the victim of racial discrimination. Candy, the old swamper, is a victim of the age discrimination. The victim of gender discrimination is Curley's wife because she is a woman. Life of the victims is hard because of the things they have to go through. Lastly, Lennie is mentally handicap so he discriminated against because of that. Racial discrimination has been around for a long time, judging people for the color of their skin. Crooks is affected