Highly detailed Crooks information
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- Created on: 11-05-13 11:02
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- Crooks
- Segregated in the barn
- Racism 1930's
- Candy- "they let the ****** come in that night" -41 talking about a past Christmas
- They beat him up for fun
- "Smitty took after the ******" 41
- "he woulda killed the ******"41
- "Smitty took after the ******" 41
- They beat him up for fun
- He does not enter the bunkhouse when he needs to talk to slim -"the stable buck put in his head."-77
- Refers to Slim as "Mr Slim" showing he knows it is his role in society to serve the powerful
- He does not enter the bunkhouse when he needs to talk to slim -"the stable buck put in his head."-77
- When G+L are late, the boss takes it out on Crooks
- "he give the stable buck hell, too."-40
- "the boss gives him hell when he's made" 41
- "he give the stable buck hell, too."-40
- Candy- "they let the ****** come in that night" -41 talking about a past Christmas
- He guards his enforced privacy, "This here's my room...I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in this room"-100
- He is suspicious of any kindness he receives
- He finally caves to Lennie and invites him in
- "It's jut talking and bein' with another guy. That's all."-103
- "that's all" suggests that Crooks wants more, it shows the reader how little Crooks has and they begin to have sympathy for him.
- "Come on in and set a while,"-101
- "It's jut talking and bein' with another guy. That's all."-103
- He is no better than an animal
- "a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn"-98
- 'Crooks possessed... a single- barrelled shotgun' -98
- Shows he lives in fear and feels its necessary to protect himself
- He guards his enforced privacy, "This here's my room...I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in this room"-100
- He is suspicious of any kindness he receives
- He finally caves to Lennie and invites him in
- "It's jut talking and bein' with another guy. That's all."-103
- "that's all" suggests that Crooks wants more, it shows the reader how little Crooks has and they begin to have sympathy for him.
- "Come on in and set a while,"-101
- "It's jut talking and bein' with another guy. That's all."-103
- "Well, you keep your place then, ******. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."-113
- He guards his enforced privacy, "This here's my room...I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in this room"-100
- Shows he lives in fear and feels its necessary to protect himself
- "Scattered... were a number of personal possessions"-98
- Written as if it was a benefit to be alone
- Men on the ranch say he smells.
- Racism 1930's
- Candy- "they let the ****** come in that night" -41 talking about a past Christmas
- They beat him up for fun
- "Smitty took after the ******" 41
- "he woulda killed the ******"41
- "Smitty took after the ******" 41
- They beat him up for fun
- Refers to Slim as "Mr Slim" showing he knows it is his role in society to serve the powerful
- When G+L are late, the boss takes it out on Crooks
- "he give the stable buck hell, too."-40
- "the boss gives him hell when he's made" 41
- "he give the stable buck hell, too."-40
- Candy- "they let the ****** come in that night" -41 talking about a past Christmas
- Racism 1930's
- Racism 1930's
- Crooks is cynical of Lennie's dream, but begins to believe in it because it makes him feel worthy and equal to Candy and Lennie
- This idea is quickly shattered by Curley's wife.
- Because of this he tells Candy that he was "Jus foolin'" abandoning the dream completely.-116
- "Well, you keep your place then, ******. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny."-113
- Crooks offers to work on the farm for free because life on the farm offers dignity
- "If you...guys would want ahand to work for nothing-just his keep"-109
- "Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land" -106
- "You say you got the money?"-109
- This idea is quickly shattered by Curley's wife.
- owns an old copy of the California Civil Code. Is aware of the rights he has as a black man
- "a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905"-98
- Crooks turns his vulnerability into a weapon to attack those who are weaker
- "S'pose George don't come back no more. S'pose he took a powder and just ain't coming back. What'll you do then?"-103
- He is bitter and jealous of George and Lennie's relationship.
- "you got George"104
- He is bitter and jealous of George and Lennie's relationship.
- "S'pose George don't come back no more. S'pose he took a powder and just ain't coming back. What'll you do then?"-103
- Crooks' dream is to be treated equally, like when he younger
- ‘the white kids come to play at our place, an’ sometimes I went to play with them’-102
- The difference between George and Lennie's dream to Crooks' is that they are dreaming for a future, whereas Crooks' dream is to go to the past
- The difference between George and Lennie's dream to Crooks' is that they are dreaming for a future, whereas Crooks' dream is to go to the past
- ‘the white kids come to play at our place, an’ sometimes I went to play with them’-102
- Whenever he is invited to join in the horse shoe games, he always wins.
- "that ****** can pitch shoes" -70 "He don't give nobody else a chance to win" -70
- Segregated in the barn
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