He has his own room in the barn because he is prohibited from sharing a room with the white men. Candy, looking in awe at Crooks’ room, says “Must be nice to have a room all to yourself”’ Crooks answers with “And a manure pile under the window, Sure it’s swell” (82). This separation makes Crooks more isolated than any other characters because of his lack of human interaction, which causes him extreme loneliness. “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick” (80). This also causes him extreme loneliness.
He chose to no longer be a part of something that discouraged uniqueness. Sammy accepted the girls’ need to conform and supported them all the way, even if it meant letting down his parents and his manager, who happened to be a family friend. In the story Sammy’s fantasies reveal that he is simply bored while at work. He is stuck in this rut of his life, and craves some sort of change. Living this lifestyle would drive anyone to want to rebel against authority just to spice things up a bit.
Since during the novella Curley’s wife is constantly bullied and segregated which drives her to having to flirt with the men since it is the only way she can get anyone to talk to her so she deserves to live a life free from loneliness and sorrow and to live her dream. George in one way gets what he deserves since that he is freed from constantly having to watch out for and look after Lennie so he can live his life how he wants with no distractions. However, he does lose his best friend and only companion which is grave since now he has no one to share his lifelong dream with. Lennie deserves a better a more full life where his dream of petting rabbits comes true and that he is forced to be valiant by George and occidentally kills Curley’s
Reza thought that he did something wrong and that’s why they sending him to an orphanage, and then he remained himself of his bed habits like nibbling bread on way home, drinking Kobra’s milk, messing around with mother’s yarn. He knows that father was always unhappy with him despite fact that Reza try to help us much as he can in the store: sweeping, watering flowers. The kid never understand why they want to send him to an orphanage, and since he know about it, he repeat to his father that he doesn’t want to go there, he want to stay with his family and friends. He never stop repeats it until he gets to an orphanage. The only thing that he has left, and what’s remind family for him, was the button pulled out from his jacket, which his mother replaced once from her own jacket.
Crooks’s little dream of the farm is shattered by Curley’s wife’s nasty comments, putting the black man right into his "place" as inferior to a white woman, somebody already seen as being inferior to everyone else on the ranch to begin with. Crooks refuses to say Curley’s wife is wrong, he accepts the fact that he lives with ever-present racial discrimination, and says he had "forgotten himself" because they’d treated him so well. Crooks self-opinion isn’t based on what he believes he’s worth, but on knowing that no matter how he feels, others around him will always value him as less. As quickly as he got excited about the
According to the story “not a dog would bark at him throughout the neighborhood” (457.) Although Rip is continually criticized and chastised by his wife for his many faults the women of the town take pity on poor Rip and repeatdly side with him when gossiping about his marriage relationship with Dame Van Winkle. Rip certainly has his flaws, but he is genuinely liked rather than ridiculed by the other villagers. Rip Van Winkle is helpful to his neighbors. Although Rip neglects his own fields, barn, and the general upkeep of his own property, he is always ready and willing to assist a neighbor who may be in need.
Evelyn Tapia 12-10-12 Period 2 Mr. Sainato Of Mice and Men Essay In Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men”, George and Lennie go on a journey in search of their dream. After getting kicked out of their hometown, the two men find a job settle at a ranch in Soledad. Both Lennie and George meet nice folks but their dream quickly comes to an end when Lennie accidentally causes another accident. Although people think it was Curly’s wife’s fault, I believe George and Lennie’s dream was destroyed because George didn’t pay much attention to Lennie, Lennie hadn’t listened to George, and Curly was going to kill Lennie, I believe George and Lennie’s dream was destroyed because George stopped paying attention to Lennie. George was a small tough guy that always had to watch over Lennie.
In the beginning of the story he is somewhat immature in the ways he views life. He is a daydreamer, which is shown numerous times in his talk of the three young girls. He is selfish when he quits his job with no regard to how it will affect his parents who may have to support him now or Lengel who has had to take over his job as cashier. Sammy show a sympathetic side by getting upset when Queenie becomes embarrassed, he also shows devotion by sticking to his decisions even after he realizes they were not wrong. By the end of this story Sammy shows how his characteristics have changed from that of a young man with no worries to that of a man by realizing how hard life would be on him and everyone who loves
Actually, he cannot stand her at all but had to put up with her because she could afford to feed him and buy him clothes. Sarhan is always broke because he has to take care of his family back in the village. He has a strong sense of responsibility towards his family and so he needs to minimize his own spending so he can send his brothers back at home to school. Sarhan is opportunists so while he is living for free in the apartment with Safeya, he still keeps his eye open for a better opportunity that may come along. He sees Zohra in a grocery shop and like all the other men is amazed by her beauty.
Also, when Jeremiah is working in the supermarket, throwing the food away goes against his values and for American people that’s normal. The concept of work for Sudanese people is also different form Americans. When Paul is working for the fabric, he works as much as he can and join the parts as fast as he can but his colleagues, tell him to slow down and to work slower. Also, in Sudanese culture, it is very different the concept of family. The roll of the woman is very different and the refugees are very surprised that Carrie is an independent woman that works for its own and doesn’t have a husband because in their culture, the man (also called Chief) is the one who maintain and protect a family.