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Of mice and men
Crooks
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bitter
“You
guys
is just kiddin’
yourself.
You’ll
talk
about it a
hell
of a lot, but you won’t get no
land.
"
Crooks demoralizes Lennie’s dream in the quote because as a black man dreams are unrealistic for him
Crooks uses bitterness to give Lennie a sense of his reality so that someone can understand how the world is different for black people
lonely
“A guy needs
somebody
– to be
near
him. A guy goes
nuts
if he ain’t got
nobody.”
This quote shows Crooks’ need for human connection
Shows he is aware of the importance of having a companion so it causes him to painfully struggle
lonely
"Crooks’
bunk
was a
long
box filled with
straw
, on which his
blankets
were
flung.
"
The quote explains his physical loneliness due to his living conditions compared to the other men
Highlights the immense exclusion he is exposed to which cause his mental health to be poor
resilient
"You got no
right
to come in my
room.
This here’s
my
room.
Nobody
got any
right
in here but
me.
"
Crooks uses dominance which shows his resilience, due to him having very little power, to have control over the situation
context
In the
1930s
there was a lot of racial
segregation
due to the
Jim Crow laws
that were enforced in the South
African Americans were often made to live in
poorer
conditions on farms and had significantly less
power
This explains why crooks was
separated
from the other men in
poorer
facilities and had a
worse
job