The Black Crook

This extract gives a detailed description of Crooks, his room and his possessions. The extract I have chosen is from the beginning of chapter four and stretches from page 71 to page 73. This extract gives a detailed description of Crooks, his room and his possessions. The entrance of Lennie into Crooks´ room and the development of their relationship throughout the scene is shown. At the beginning of the extract Lennie is not welcomed into Crooks´ room, but at the end they begin to befriend

race and racism through his characters and their ideas. Throughout the novel, Crooks is mistreated, becomes very isolated, and endures many racial words because he is African-American. The isolation of Crooks is shown in the following three instances. First, in Novels for Students, Diane Telgen writes, “Crooks, the old black man on the ranch, lives alone, ostracized by the ranch hands because of his race” (Telgen 247). Crooks is isolated from the other workers on the ranch because they do not respect

colored people suffered more. Although the character Crooks is not a central character in the text, his troubles play an important part in the plot. The time of the Great Depression was difficult for many people, especially for the colored for whom laws were in place to segregate them from the mainstream white culture. There are several moments in the text where Crooks is shown powerless: when Candy introduced Crooks to George, when Lennie visits Crooks, and finally,

In this passage you will learn ways that curley’s wife ,candy and crook shows loneliness and isolation each character in this passage exemplifies that they want a friend or just somebody to talk to. Curley's wife exemplifies loneliness in the story in many ways. Curley’s wife is the only woman on the ranch so therefore she doesn't have anybody to talk to. Curley, her husband, doesn't want her speaking to any of the men on the ranch because she is a tart. Curley’s wife is unhappily married to a

The word isolation is a term that is used to describe someone as being confined without much, or any contact. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the two characters, Crooks and Curley's wife had isolation forced on them throughout the entire course of the novel. The character Crooks was an old black man, during 1937, who lived in a little hut next the pile that was kept for the manure. He lives there by himself away from everyone else, and has no contact other than when he is given

stores, and the marginalized, “stable buck” who is referred to only as Crooks.236 His presence in the novel adds a considerable amount of thematic power. Chapter 4 is entirely framed around him. Yet this character presents something of a challenge for African-American readers, especially for the younger generation. Not just a literary question, but rather one of the most important cultural problems facing African American society. Black Americans have always been acutely sensitive to the fictional portraits

affects everyone in different ways, and most people are forced to make rash decisions. In Of Mice and Men there are a plethora of lonely characters but, some of the the top three loneliest characters in the book are Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. The loneliest character is Crooks because he is colored and all the ranch workers stay away from him because colored people were thought of differently back then. The second most lonesome character in the novel is Candy because he is the last member of

great Depression. In the story Of Mice and Men,these characters: Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Lennie, all exemplify loneliness and isolation. Crooks was a black stable buck who lives in the harness room by himself. Crooks is looked at differently because he is black. “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

circumstances beyond their control cost Lennie and George their dream and much more. Through the loneliness of Crooks, Curley's Wife, and George the reader can ultimately see  you need to have someone in life so that you can be happy and achieve dreams. Crooks represented loneliness and a need for companionship throughout the book. Crooks could not sleep in the bunkhouse because he was black and different from everyone else. He had his small room in the barn where all of the farm animals were. Ultimately

lonely because he lost his hand, and he is also old. He doesn’t have any friends until George and Lennie come. Curley’s wife is lonely because she is the only female on the ranch, and many people are avoiding her to avoid trouble. Crooks is miserably lonely because he is a black, and at this time, there is a large amount of racism and segregation. John Steinbeck includes all of these episodes of loneliness into his novella because it best represents the time period. People that are “different” from others