OMAM essay crooks
In Steinbeck’s life-changing epithet, Of Mice and Men, many themes are depicted which relate to the agonising and poignant lives of the people during the Great Depression. Also, during this era, many black people were persecuted and horrendously exploited through no reason whatsoever. For a purpose, Steinbeck has converted a society into a microcosm to epitomise the sympathy and grief of the black society. Significantly in Chapter 4, he emphasises on many themes; some of which are more emphasised than others such as prejudice, destiny and isolation. In this essay, I will try to depict how Steinbeck gives an insight of the character of Crooks through his room, and his paramount interactions with the other ‘proletariats’ on the ranch. Personally, I have a lot of sympathy for Crooks, because he chooses to be isolated so becomes a hopeless miser. In my opinion, this is the only personality of Crooks that I have become heavily judgemental on. However, I will explore how Steinbeck has tried to mirror Crooks’ many different aspects he pertains as an individual.` the effect of having a circular structure induces the fact of a pessimistic view relating to Crooks and the contextual background. To the reader, Steinbeck explores the idea of life being a vicious cycle which will never transmigrate into utopia meaning that dreams are unachievable. Moreover, through Crooks Steinbeck presents his realism, which no matter how much effort is added, the stature of people, the great depression will never change. Notwithstanding, I argue that, in my interpretation the author has actually posed a personal and rhetorical question of – is this right? Should it be the same way for the treatment of people? In my opinion, he is engaging the reader cohesion with their mind to think beyond reasoning about these issues, and to actually act against them. Moreover, as a suggestion it may have embarked the arousal of activism in the USA. as an equivocal statement,