... ). Crooks is getting sick (mental) because he is always alone. Medicine for that kind of sick is a friend. Crooks is always alone because he is black. Another character in this book that represents loneliness is Candy. He is an old man who has only one hand and only one true friend a dog ( ... there own farm, Lenny and George, who go to a farm where they see discrimination first hand. The victims of discrimination in this novel are: Crooks, a black stable buck; Curly's Wife, the farm owner's neglected daughter-in-law; and Candy, an old, disabled housekeeper.  The most obvious form of dis...

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• Grade Level: High School

... were forced to run and hide. They were running because they were going to be lynched. Then two men make a strange couple. They are as opposite as black and white. George is small, quick man with well-defined features. George is smart and has to be on the look out for Lennie and his innocent ways ... looking for trouble but trouble may come looking for them. Crook brings a since of hopelessness, pain, agony, and loneliness. Crook is a black man and is the only black character in the story to be black. He is and outcast in the novel, he keeps a distance from everyone and expects everyone t...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... of these characters help to keep the book flowing. Crooks is a stable hand that looks after the stables. He is often singled out, as he is black. Curley is the son of the boss who owns the ranch. He is an ill-tempered person who is feared by others throughout the book. Curley's wife ... means he will be lonely again. He will probably go back to being lonely again. Crooks is a lonely Negro stable buck who is cast out because he is black. He is called Crooks because of a crooked spine. He is a man who doesn't really come into the story until the fourth chapter. "proud, aloof man. ... books...

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• Grade Level: High School

... !" Candy comes in and also talks about the farm and Crooks finally starts believing them. Crooks eventually asks if he can help out in some way. Crooks is just a lonely black man that wants to have people around him. Curley is the bosses son and is a small man who is jealous of all the big men and tries to start fights ... can share her personal concerns and experiences. A man once told her "he was gonna put me in movies. Says I was a natural." Since her mother would not let her become an actress she met Curly and married him. Curly's wife says, " I don't like Curly. He ain't" a nice fel...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 's, inequality between whites and blacks was still widespread. Blacks were commonly treated as inferiors and were subject to verbal, physical, and emotional abuse. Crooks, the stable buck, is the only black man in the novel. It is through attitudes towards him that we gain insights into the position of blacks in America. Crooks is forced to live separately from other men ... inferiority of women. The ranch hands also often call Curley's wife insulting names such as Bitch, jail bait (pg. 54). When Curley's wife is young, she wants to become an actress but is unsuccessful. She then hastily...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School