He has his own place in the barn with the ranch animals. Candy realizes he has never been in Crooks' room, and George 's reaction to Crooks being involved in their dream is enough to cause Crooks to withdraw his request to be part of the dream. Racial discrimination is part of the microcosm Steinbeck describes in his story.
It reaches its height in the novel when Curley's wife puts Crooks "in his place" by telling him that a word from her will have him lynched. Interestingly, only Lennie , the flawed human, does not see the color of Crooks' skin. Crooks also has pride. He is not the descendent of slaves, he tells Lennie, but of landowners. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive.
Crooks suffers from a crooked spine, an injury sustained in an accident with a horse years earlier. Due to his identity as a black man and a disabled individual, Crooks is doubly marginalized by the people around him. As Crooks slowly and uncertainly lets Lennie into his private world and innermost thoughts, he finds someone who is willing to listen to him for the first time in years—even if Lennie is unable to truly understand the intense frustration and loneliness Crooks feels each day.
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Page Number and Citation : 73 Cite this Quote. Related Characters: Crooks speaker. Related Themes: Broken Plans. Page Number and Citation : 74 Cite this Quote. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 3. Crooks replies that he has some tar ready It seems Crooks defines his own notion of himself not based on what he believes he's worth, but on knowing that no matter how he feels, others around him will always value him as less.
As quickly as he got excited about the dream, he abandons it, telling Candy he was "Jus foolin" about being interested in his own freedom and happiness. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By John Steinbeck. Previous Next. Racial slurs are used to describe Crooks frequently on the ranch. Crooks uses the language of the white men to describe himself, to show that he is aware of how little he is respected and how no thought is shown for his feelings.
No one on the ranch is interested in anything that Crooks has to say and he is fully aware of this. As the only black man on the ranch, Crooks is completely isolated from the others and does not receive any companionship.
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