Crooks

Overview :

The first impression we get from Crooks is a lonely crippled black-american, because how he looks and because of course he is the only black-american on the ranch.We get the idea that Crooks is lonely because he is distant, in the novel John Steinbeck describes Crooks as a proud man, "..he kept his distance and demands that others kept theirs..",his room is in the barn where the horses stay and he doesnt have a proper bed like every human-being should have, "..Crooks bunk was a long box filled with straw..". Crooks is also lonely because he is never included in activities and he is not allowed in the ranch mens bunk rooms. Crooks' relationship with others are different, everyone on the ranch feels differently towards him for example Slim knows that he is a good worker aswell as a good guy, whereas Curley or the Boss sees him as just another black-american. Crooks is a good example of how all the broken black-americans are being treated; like animals, "...they let the nigger come in that night.Little skinner name of Smitty took after the nigger...". In the novel the animal Crooks is being compared to is a horse, most things about him is compared to a horse: where he sleeps, which is a barn, what he sleeps on, what he works with-horses, and how he got his crooked back. Crooks is not described as an optimistic man, because he is broken, he has no dream-no nothing, he is lonered which leads to how he reacted when Lennie was telling him about the American Dream. Crooks does'nt believe in dreams because he is shattered just like all the black-americans. "Crooks seemed to grow smaller as he pressed against the wall.." ||<  ||
 * < =====**Characteristics**===== ||< =====**Comment**===== ||< =====**Quote**===== ||< =====**Technique**===== ||
 * < Physical Apperance-Crooked/Crippled ||< Crooks is described as a crippled because of his apperance, his back is crooked which I guess is where he gets his name ||< "..crooked back where a horse kicked him.." ||< Adjective- ||
 * < Physical Apperance- Compared to Horse's ||< In the novel, Crooks works with the horses, was kicked by a horse and he also sleeps near the horses, Crooks is treated like an animal and in this case a horse. ||<  ||<   ||
 * < Outcast ||< Crooks is the only black-american on the ranch, so he is left out of everything including the bunk houses and also because racism was awful back then. ||< "..I aint wanted in the bunk house and you aint wanted in my room.." ||<  ||
 * < Weak ||< Because Crooks is the only black-american on the ranch he is looked down on by everybody, everyone can put the blame on him and get away with it. ||< "..They left all the weak ones here.."
 * < Lonely ||< Crooks like many black or white americans, has no family, no friends and most important, no dream.On the ranch he is not included in activties and also he isolates himself in his room. ||< "..I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.." ||<  ||