The first thing Candy tells us about the boss that he decided to take his anger out on the stable buck when he realizes that George and Lennie were late." An' he give the stable buck hell,too" Stienbeck is trying to tell us the boss gives me a bad time because he is different from the rest of the men in the ranch and he is the only black man. So it is easy for them to bully him as he doesn't have anyone to stick up for him. This quote also shows how Crooks is mistreated by the farm boss because the ranch boss thinks he can ill-treat and discriminate against him. Crooks dream of becoming equal is destroyed by the racist attitudes of others This also tells readers the boss is nice to crook when his not angry, this is because Crook do his
Being a nigger, Crooks is hated by the whites at the ranch and he resents this. As he says "If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it" and this shows his anger at being pushed to the side. Being troubled has made him seem cruel and gruff, but also has turned him to self-pity and the idea that he is a lesser human. He says to Lennie, "You got no right to come in my room.....You go on get outa my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain't wanted in my room."
Being so alone has made him seem mean and cold hearted, but its all a mask to hide his self-pity and loneliness and Crooks starts to believe that he is a lesser human. He says to Lennie pg72 "You got no right to come in my room...You go on get outa my room. I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse and you ain't wanted in my room." He continues by saying that the whites believe he stinks and one can interpret this as a way of saying that the whites would find it a disgrace that a nigger should breathe the same bunkhouse air as them. Crooks also has a fake hope that he is protected by his “wrights” but toughs are dashed by his argument with Curlys wife.
stienbeck presents crooks as a character who is wary of being exploited and who demands his rights and privacy. "crooks drew back into himself." Stienbeck portrays crooks as someone who knows his limit. This is beacuse Crooks shows evidence to be cunning and intelligent thought difficult situations. Crooks is wary of being exploited even though he has not much to lose but it seems, like everyone else on the ranch, he is isolated by others and even himself because he is coloured.
Steinbeck’s effect on the reader may give the impression that Crooks is a character who is innocent and lonely. Alternatively, Crooks comes across as a character who is bitter and dry- telling Lennie he ‘ain’t got no rights’ to be in his room, and later goes on to tease him. Steinbeck may portray a split view between readers, some seeing Crooks as a vulnerable character, some seeing him as a character who is purely horrible; due to his ‘scowls’ and wicked sense of
Everybody refers to Crooks as a “nigger”, and although using that slang is common in that era, it is still derogatory. Even Candy, who is relatively polite and nice to Crooks, still refers to Crooks as a “nigger”. He also tells of other people’s view of Crooks by saying, “The boss gives him (Crooks) hell when he’s mad,” (22). The boss obviously sees Crooks differently than some other low class ranch workers, and then specifically picks on Crooks. The workers also segregate Crooks from their activities and game.
The treatment Crooks received on the ranch revolved around his colour. The other men on the ranch insulted him by calling him a ‘nigger’, and being a ‘nigger’, Crooks is out casted and feels that what he says is more likely a waste of his breath. "If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it" Being demoralized by other men on the ranch has made Crooks into a cruel, malicious, bitter man with a notion that
When Scout stands on the Radley porch, she suddenly realizes why Boo Radley behaves the way he does in the novel. Tom Robinson is also a character in this novel where misinterpretation takes place throughout his life. For example, during the trial Bob Ewell testifies and points to Tom and says, “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella”(Lee, 173). As a result, people visualize Tom as an evil person and believe he is responsible for the rape of Mayella. The truth is, the people of Maycomb are judgmental towards him because of his race and due to the rumors that
They look after each other, when they travel, and they dream of a new life by owning their own ranch, where Lennie gets to tend the rabbits. If they did not have each other, they would be lonely, and “Guys like us are the lonliest guys in the world. They got no family, they don’t belong no place.” (Page 15). The dream of the ranch keeps them going, and they like being together, “…Because I got you to look after me, and you’ve got me to look after you.” (Page 15). This makes them different from the other migrant workers.
Social Inequality: To Kill a Mockingbird In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how wrong and cruel social inequality can be, from White man’s decision to do the right thing to the accusation of rape because of a man’s color and to having rumors spread around about a man who has not left his home in seven years. This book takes place in the 1930s which is when it was very common in the South to find Black or Negro men treated as less than White men. Social inequality was extremely common because of the racism between the two and the White people feeling that they were better. It was also very common for small towns such as Maycomb to have everyone know each other and each other’s business. That also made it very capable of having social inequality because of people spreading rumors and giving the illusion to everyone including children that you’re something you are not.