Crooks

Curley’s wife, and so she just shut him up. To this, Crooks has nothing at all to say. This shows the effects of race and power in this time period. Since Curley’s wife has the power to pretty much destroy Crooks life, he can’t do anything. How others act to him also depends on his race because he is black, and during this time, black people are thought to be slaves and less than to white people. This gives the power to Curley’s wife to control Crook no matter what he does. Trying to fight that comes

The characters Crooks and Curley’s wife seem to be solitary, and the author explains the reasons for their loneliness. For example, in a part of the book we see Crooks asking Curley’s wife to go back to her house, before he and the rest of the guys get in trouble for being with her she said “Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think i don’t like to talk to somebody ever’once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (Steinbeck 77). This shows that the boys try to stay away from

offer light comedy. “The Black Crook” was at first simply a melodrama by Charles M. Barras that retold the Faust story and borrowed liberally from other plays with similar plots and themes. William Wheatley, who was the manager of Niblo’s was concerned that the play would fail. The script was poorly written and the acting was not much better. Then something oddly magical happened. There was a theatre fire at the Academy of Music in New York. A French ballet

a small piece of land and live peacefully until he dies as from this point he can only degenerate. Like candy, Crooks is an example of Steinbeck’s compassion. Crooks is not only a black man in a racially unbalanced world but he also has a physical disability. So from many views, Crooks could be seen as the most victimised character, only being treated equal by slim “Oh! Sure, crooks. I’ll come right out an’ put it on” although the other ranchers recognise him as a “nice fella” they have no compassion

that the right thing to do was let Lennie go, and the consequence Lennie would have if not killed by George. He Stayed beside George for moral support. Slim knew who’s gun he had in all, but agreed with George. For instance, in my literary graphic Crooks was to stay in the barn, this symbolizes, because he’s black,

I do not think the book did a good job on describing Curley. I think the second movie did the best rendering of Crooks. In the second movie it was very obvious that he had a crooked back. The book and the two movies all did a good job of showing Crooks's loneliness. The incident in Weed was portrayed differently in the book and the two movies. In the book

Crooks is the most character who is affected by the lack of friendships. The main cause of Crooks’ lack of friendship focuses on the fact that he is black. Similar to Curley’s wife who is isolated from the rest of the workers because she is the only woman on the ranch. Crooks is also isolated from the other workers but because he is black. He was forced to sleep in a separate bunk than the others. This caused him to be lonely. Steinbeck shows why Crooks background partly explains

this time work was scarce which caused many men to work as farm hands. Steinbeck illustrates these migrant workers well using two male characters, George and Lennie. Who begin work at a farm, where they meet who also are isolated. Although George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife are all isolated, the each try to make a connection with others: however, tragically in the end their attempts are meaningless. Although George traveled with Lennie throughout his life he is not able to call him a friend more than

How does Steinbeck present the character of Crooks? In the novel “Of Mice and Men”, the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck, the author, to symbolise the downgrading of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel was set. Crooks is also significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American Dream and the feelings of the people in the ranch; their loneliness and need for company. Steinbeck presents Crooks as a victim of racism and throughout the book, he

General Crook relied heavily on Chiricahuas turned into scouts since no white man could ever track the elusive Geronimo in his own land. Chiricahua scouts then spread rumors of a possible arrest of Geronimo, which then convinced the proud but, weary leader to turn him into authorities. General Crook had since resigned and his replacement, General Nelson Miles, finally captured the great Geronimo (Davis)