Essay On Crooks In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Crooks is a an educated yet bitter man who appears to almost be angry at the world, he is an African American who is discriminated against because of his race, which causes him to be lonely and aggressive to others at the ranch. Crook’s real name is not known through the story and he is just known as “Crooks” because he has a crooked back that he got when a horse had kicked his back. When Lennie meets Crooks we get a vivid sight of the racial discrimination he faces and how deeply it affects his life. He lives alone in a small room because no one wants to be with him due to his race, which makes him feel isolated and separate from all of the other men. Crooks is seen taking pleasure from seeing others in harm and being lonely when we read that he is taking amusement in telling Lennie that George could’ve possibly

Since Lennie only cares about petting soft things she feels as if no one can understand her and how she feels. George keeps talking about how he likes to pet soft things so she mentions how soft her hair is and how she takes care of it. Lennie keeps petting and touching her hair, progressively getting rougher. Curley’s wife is scared at this point and feels as if Lennie is going to harm her, so she tries screaming and fighting Lennie back, which ends up in failure as she is killed by Lennie’s brute strength and her neck is snapped. Curley’s wife lived a lonely life, from the start to the beginning, meeting an unruly demise by the hands of Lennie. Even in death, however, she still causes trouble and upon the finding of her corpse, the ranch hands go on a man hunt to kill Lennie. Curley’s wife can be seen as a representation of Eve from the tales of the bible, as she shows that women can turn the world upside down, Eve brought the garden of eden to ruin, while Curley’s wife brought the dream of the farm George, Lennie, and Candy to