crooks

• Crooks’ personality:

  lonely

  isolated

  defensive

  independent

  reserved

  self-protective

  cynical

  sharp witted

  lively
• crooks said sharply ”you got no right to come in my room … Nobody got any right in here but me.”
• “crooks scowled, but Lennies disarming smile defeated him.”
• “come on in and set a while,” ... his tone was a little more friendly.
• “i tell ya a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick.”
• crooks’ room

  • leather making tools
  • an apple box
  • range medicine bottles for him and the horses
  • single-barrelled shot gun
  • tattered dictionary
  • california civil code 1905
  • large gold rimmed spectacles
• About him

  • Negro stable buck
  • crooked spine
  • only black man on the ranch
  • significant discrimination and racism on the ranch
  • real name never given( called crooks because of his disability )
• Crooks is the first black character to appear in the novel.
• The other characters treat Crooks with suspicion and hostility due to their prejudices against African Americans.
• Crooks' living conditions are poor, as he lives alone in an old shed behind the barn.
• Despite these challenges, Crooks remains determined and resourceful, working hard to maintain the stables and keep the horses healthy.
• His isolation makes it difficult for him to form relationships or find companionship.
• He also has a strong sense of pride and dignity, refusing to be treated like a second-class citizen by the white workers at the ranch.
• He has no family or friends outside of work, which adds to his sense of loneliness and despair.
• Crooks is also subjected to verbal abuse from some of the white workers, who use derogatory terms like "nigger" and make fun of his physical appearance.
• Overall, Crooks represents the harsh realities faced by African Americans during this time period, including segregation, prejudice, and limited opportunities.
• This mistreatment further isolates Crooks and reinforces his feelings of being an outsider.