Please note that animal language is used the most during tense scenes. In this chapter we are made aware of Crook’s dream. He just wants to be accepted. He reveals how lonely he is as a crippled black man on a farm of white men. The section with Crooks, Candy and Lennie in Crook’s room is almost a rest period before the final climax.
Crook works on a farm, he is quite intelligent and he can read. He also owns lots of books, and because he has his own room becomes very lonely. The other men won’t enter his room because he is black. Crook has a very distinctive crippled back which is where he gets his nick name Crook from referring to his crooked back and his character is seen as a lonely, crippled, black man. During the story his loneliness becomes obvious and he wants a close friend and is jealous of the relationship between George and Lennie and says to Lennie when George is out “S’pose he (George) gets hurt so he can’t come back”, maybe hoping if this is true he could be Lennie’s close friend.
E\Essay on Montana 1948 In Montana 1948 it explores the sense that David believed to have a positive role model in uncle Frank until he true colours were revealed and he realized later what a great role model he had in his father. Watson it showed that David's rite of passage was based on Frank's negative impact on him and the awareness that there is evil in the world. The hardest thing that David had to go through was coming to terms with seeing his uncle in a different way; this was made known when David said "too frightening for me to continue thinking of my uncle in the way I always had." Watson shows that people eventually become cynical and disillusioned with the world when they discover that their role models are in fact corrupt and immoral. Confirmation to support this is when David reveals "did I wonder what might happen if I killed my uncle".
It seems like a ritual or a bed time story for Lennie and it comforts his when something goes wrong. “George’s voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before.” George and Lennie aren’t like many migrant farm workers; they go everywhere together and stay together throughout. “I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you.” They don’t like what they do but it’s the only thing they can do to earn money. “Guys like us guys that like on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world.” But they believe they can be happy and successful not like other workers.
In America, there was a depression, a period of economic decline and high unemployment in the Western industrialised nations like America. Men moved from place to place alone seeking work, never staying in a place long enough to form a relationship with anyone. The lack of health and safety standards on these ranches is shown through Candy's accident of losing his hand. Itinerant workers were cheap and plentiful and in 1930s America, had no job security, social security or pension arrangements. On the ranch in Soledad where this novelette is set, there are few strong relationships due to the short length of time men spend there.
You know he’s going to come back. S’pose you didn’t have nobody... a guy needs somebody.” We hear the sadness in Crooks’ tone and we know that he doesn’t have anybody. Crooks is a great example of what it is like if a person does not have anybody and they are lonely. This issue in the book is still relevant in today’s society as there is this fear about being alone and having no one. This novel shows the importance of relationships and how the people in the novel think about it.
Anna Grace Gamble Mrs. Yance Pre-AP English 10 October 2014 “Sometimes you have to be your own hero, because sometimes the people you can’t live without, can live without you.” I feel that this quote relates to George and Lennie’s relationship. Lennie couldn’t live without George, and for a while we thought George couldn’t live without Lennie. We learn near the end of the book that this isn’t the case. If Lennie would have been capable of realizing this, he probably could have become independent and prolonged his life. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses protective, careful, and harsh to depict that the character of George is important to the story line.
Dear Lennie, Do you know why I take care of you Lennie? Because guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. Now Aunt Clara told me to take care of you too, and make sure you don’t get into no trouble. If she were here she’d scold us for the messes we’ve gotten ourselves into. She knew you were dumb just as much as I do.
i mean if there wasn't knowledge, there wouldn't be life. ________ In the novel “ Of Mice and Men “,John Steinbeck wanted to show that even though money is what pushes people to do things, there is more than just money in the world so you must always love and help a person that cannot take care of themselves. ________ Author John Steinbeck uses the novel Of Mice and Men to carry a letter to the world that men cannot be changed for who they are. ________ “Of mice and men” written by “John Steinbeck” shows the theme of lonesomeness and loneliness of the people on the ranch. ________ A mental problem person would never change his attitude and character towards certain situation.
He has a very old dog, and the boys at the farm want to shoot it. Candy thinks that just because someone is old doesn’t mean they’re useless, and would they shoot him too? They always think he’s unable to do things because he’s old, even though he can do it. Throughout the novel, he is often by himself, away from others, because he is discriminated against by the others. As the end of the novel approaches, discrimination leads towards Lennie’s harsh