Of Mice And Men Crooks Loneliness Analysis
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Crooks is a character introduced to the reader in ‘Of Mice and Men’ by author John Steinbeck. Crooks is described to be the only black man on the ranch, he is said to have his own bunkroom, on first inspection the reader expects this to be a privilege however upon closer inspection we discover this is a way to isolate and degrade crooks because of his ethnic background. Crooks is affected and shows his loneliness in a number of ways; aggressiveness, sadness, protectiveness and realism. Crooks loneliness is first highlighted to the reader in section 4 of the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck describes Crooks room briefly, simply listing the little belongings Crooks holds, this brief description shows …show more content…
A guy sets alone out here at night...” Crooks has placed himself in a situation in which he frightens Lennie, in order to console himself in what he feels, Crooks is showing grave sadness in which he releases to Lennie, he expresses his sadness in having no friend to turn to and no one to look for confirmation in. The fact that Crooks chooses Lennie to console in shows that he is willing to talk to anyone that wants to listen; he will find a friend in anyone even if they do not quite understand the situation. Crooks does not want to be isolated, we wants to have opportunities to interact with the ranch hands and make friends however he has been outcast for so long he has grown to be isolated and has had to be brought round to understanding and accepting isolation once more. The last result of Crook’s isolation shown by Steinbeck is realism, In a conversation between Candy, Lennie and Crooks in which Lennie and Candy explain their American dream to Crooks in which both have been carried away with however Crooks takes a much more realistic, blunt approach to the dream “You guys is just kiddin’ yourself... Hell, I seen too many guys’” Through Crook’s loneliness he has lost all hope of finding his own American
Crooks is a character introduced to the reader in ‘Of Mice and Men’ by author John Steinbeck. Crooks is described to be the only black man on the ranch, he is said to have his own bunkroom, on first inspection the reader expects this to be a privilege however upon closer inspection we discover this is a way to isolate and degrade crooks because of his ethnic background. Crooks is affected and shows his loneliness in a number of ways; aggressiveness, sadness, protectiveness and realism. Crooks loneliness is first highlighted to the reader in section 4 of the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck describes Crooks room briefly, simply listing the little belongings Crooks holds, this brief description shows …show more content…
A guy sets alone out here at night...” Crooks has placed himself in a situation in which he frightens Lennie, in order to console himself in what he feels, Crooks is showing grave sadness in which he releases to Lennie, he expresses his sadness in having no friend to turn to and no one to look for confirmation in. The fact that Crooks chooses Lennie to console in shows that he is willing to talk to anyone that wants to listen; he will find a friend in anyone even if they do not quite understand the situation. Crooks does not want to be isolated, we wants to have opportunities to interact with the ranch hands and make friends however he has been outcast for so long he has grown to be isolated and has had to be brought round to understanding and accepting isolation once more. The last result of Crook’s isolation shown by Steinbeck is realism, In a conversation between Candy, Lennie and Crooks in which Lennie and Candy explain their American dream to Crooks in which both have been carried away with however Crooks takes a much more realistic, blunt approach to the dream “You guys is just kiddin’ yourself... Hell, I seen too many guys’” Through Crook’s loneliness he has lost all hope of finding his own American