Of mice and men Prejudice quotes

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"You jus' stand there and don't say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy ******* you are, we won't get no job,"
Lennie is obviously seen as a lower status than George and even his only friend is discriminating him which shows you can never really trust anyone.
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"They say i stink"
Crooks is the only black man on the ranch and all of the white men completely disregard him because of that. He obviously cares or else he would not bring it up. This highlights in the inequality of the novel.
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"If he coulda used his feet, Smitty says he woulda killed the ******. The guys said on account of the ******'s got a crooked back, Smitty can't use his feet."
They never use his name. He is only refereed to as a '******'. This again shows thta he is an outcast ans will never be accepted because of his skin colour.
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"Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked. "’Cause I’m black…"
Lennie can’t fathom racial prejudice. We’ve already seen he doesn’t have a lot of the societal niceties down (like when to pet girls and when not to pet girls), but it’s actually pretty interesting that Lennie doesn’t think of Crooks as different.
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Crooks said darkly, "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much."
Prejudice works both ways: Crooks may be isolated because of his skin color, but the white guys might also be missing out on a good friend. (And, we have to ask: do you think Steinbeck is making a point by having the black man speak "darkly"?
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Card 2

Front

"They say i stink"

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Crooks is the only black man on the ranch and all of the white men completely disregard him because of that. He obviously cares or else he would not bring it up. This highlights in the inequality of the novel.

Card 3

Front

"If he coulda used his feet, Smitty says he woulda killed the ******. The guys said on account of the ******'s got a crooked back, Smitty can't use his feet."

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked. "’Cause I’m black…"

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Crooks said darkly, "Guys don't come into a colored man's room very much."

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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