... and in turn, live longer. Crooks is rejected from every group of people and cannot socially interact with others. "Loneliness can result from rejection- (Couns.uiuc.edu/loneline.htm) Although discrimination is still present during the time period of the book (early 20th century), Crooks still attempts to make friends. Others treat Crooks unjust because he is different given that he ... after I ain't no good at it." (Steinbeck, 66) All of these characters are alike because, not only were they affected by loneliness; they were always in search for ways to solve these dilemmas. Another cha...

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... the Pulitzer Prize the following year. Although published thirty-five years ago, the message of the novel remains relevant to today's readers; commenting truthfully and sensitively about prejudice, racism, and discrimination, and for this reason I consider it a valuable novel for study and discussion. Others, however, beg to differ. In order to understand the problems with school censorship, one must know why ... feels racism is bad is trying to show why. Whatever the case may be, banning books because they contain uncomfortable or offensive language is no way to solve social ills such ...

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... and in turn, live longer. Crooks is rejected from every group of people and cannot socially interact with others. "Loneliness can result from rejection- (Couns.uiuc.edu/loneline.htm) Although discrimination is still present during the time period of the book (early 20th century), Crooks still attempts to make friends. Others treat Crooks unjust because he is different from others given ... after I ain't no good at it." (Steinbeck, 66) All of these characters are alike because, not only were they affected by loneliness, they were always in search for ways to solve these dilemmas. Another...

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... has a "relationship" with loneliness. He knows that when people get lonely, they will get sick. Crooks is ignored from every group of people and cannot socially interact with others. Although discrimination is still present in this novel, Crooks still attempts to make friends. He is the one who admits that he is extremely lonely. From the novel, he said, "'A guy needs ... everything that he had to support the friendship. All of these characters are alike because, not only were they affected by loneliness, they were always in search for ways to solve these dilemmas. Another character who...

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