Within the limited pages of the story Of Mice And Men, one is impacted by the tremendous amount of loneliness Crooks feels and how he behaves because of his loneliness and what he does to overcome it
For example, Crooks is a stable buck, on a farm, which is surrounded by white people that are racist. As a result of this he spends his time in solidarity, reading in his stable alone. To show how deprived he is, he leaves the window open because underneath lies piles of horse manure (p.73). Equally important, as the story progresses Crooks is so desperate for attention that when Lennie a mentally challenged worker comes to the stable, Crooks attempts to scare Lennie. He tries to scare him, saying that if George hi