... go from. It is only through her encounter with Lenny that we know more about her as a person. In this encounter we learn that she had aspirations of becoming an actress, and like everyone else in the book she is lonely. Although her dream is far fetched it gives the impression that there is more to her then the ranch hands ... see. We also learn that she is very unhappy with her life making her seem more human. At the start we only know that Crooks is the black stable hand, given the name "Crooks" as he was kicked in the back by a horse, leaving him a crooked back. Because of his race C...

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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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... '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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• Grade Level: High School