... . To call Lennie "retarded" would be politically incorrect. He has what is call autism, a mental disorder that causes difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. The most apparent thing about Lennie's disorder is his obsession with rabbits. "An live off the fatta the lan, Lennie shouted. An" have rabbits. Go on George! Tell about ... the barn" (66; ch 4) " I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you [Lennie] ain't wanted in my room. Why ain't you wanted? Lennie asked. Because I"m black. They play cards in there, but I can't play...

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... . To call Lennie "retarded" would be politically incorrect. He has what is call autism, a mental disorder that causes difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. The most apparent thing about Lennie's disorder is his obsession with rabbits. "An live off the fatta the lan, Lennie shouted. An" have rabbits. Go on George! Tell about ... the barn" (66; ch 4) " I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you [Lennie] ain't wanted in my room. Why ain't you wanted? Lennie asked. Because I"m black. They play cards in there, but I can't play...

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... in any social activities. Lennie is not wanted in the activities that other men do and is usually left behind. For example, the men does not include him when they play horseshoes; "From outside came the clang of horseshoes on the playing peg and the shouts of men, playing, encouraging, jeering" (p.84). Furthermore, his mental disability keeps him from socializing and ... isolation affects him as a person. An example of an activity that he is not allowed to take part in is playing card games. He says, "cause I"m black, they play cards in there, but I can't play because I"m black, they sa...

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... from other characters, which also denies him the opportunity to make friends. As a result, when Lennie approaches Crook's room, Crook becomes annoyed and tells Lennie, "Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you all of you stink to me" (Steinbeck 68). This example proves that in this period, black people could ... ...

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... -, which was published in 1937. This book became an instant success and was immediately a best seller. Steinbeck had finally become a respected writer. This novel was shortly thereafter adapted into a play. The play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1937. After that novel came what is probably his most noted novel, "The Grapes of Wrath-, in 1939. This novel earned ... ...

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... and blacks are to be separates in facilities of socializing and living. Crooks comments that he can't live in the bunkhouse and be able to play cards in there with the rest of the guys. " I can't play because I"m black. They say I stink."(75) The full extent of Crook's suffering is being show clearly, when Crooks lashes out at Lennie. "You got no ... ...

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... the story is the issue of racism. The characters in the book stay in a bunkhouse, but a black man called Crooks is left out because of his race. "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I"m black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me." This quote shows how others have a very racist view towards Crooks merely because of ... ...

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... he's used to being left alone and he thinks its disrespectful. Lennie asks him, "Why ain't you wanted? (68)" and Crooks gets bitter and says, "Cause I"m black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I"m black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me. (68)" Usually Crooks is a bitter, quiet, and unfriendly guy, but acted differently when Lennie ... ...

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... not let him "tend the rabbits". But Lennie also was suffering before he and George though of getting a farm. George used to play practical jokes on Lennie because Lennie was too simple to understand or get angry. "I used to play jokes on "im "cause he was too dumb to take care of "imself. Tell you what made me stop that. One day ... ...

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... to goin' around with a guy an' you can't get rid of him" (Steinbeck: 45). George often plays solitaire while he is in the bunk house. He never asks Lennie to play because he knows that Lennie would not be able to, being too challenging for him. This a metaphor for the characters in the book are lonely traveling by themselves, and at ... to be saddened, he just thinks about getting revenge on Lennie. Another lonely character is Crooks. "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy cause you was black... A guy needs somebody "to be near him."" (...

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... . Almost everyone on the ranch treats Crooks as if he isn't a human being. Crooks feels this prejudice, and confides to Lennie that he feels judged by people, ""Cause I"m black. They play cards in there, but I can't because I"m black. They say I stink- (Steinbeck, 68) This was a common treatment for many black people at that time. Because he is seen as an outcast ... him, even if it meant to cost him his life. George even boasts to Slim about how he used to "have a hell of a lot of fun with "im. Used to play jokes on "im "cause he was too dumb to take care of "imself." (Steinbeck, 40) An...

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... Lennie because of his stubbornness, and was very regretful. He was in the bunk and was telling Slim about how he used to play tricks on George. "I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with "im. Used to play jokes on "im "cause he was too dumb to know."-Tell you what made me stop that. One day a bunch of guys ... ...

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... -, which was published in 1937. This book became an instant success and was immediately a best seller. Steinbeck had finally become a respected writer. This novel was shortly thereafter adapted into a play. The play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1937. After that novel came what is probably his most noted novel, "The Grapes of Wrath-, in 1939. This novel earned ... ...

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... a distance between himself and the other hands at the ranch. "Page 80, paragraph 3-4, line 1-8, Crook says," "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like that? S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. Sure you could ... play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody-to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got ... ...

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... he is crippled and the second was the color of his skin. Because of his skin color he was not allowed into the bunk of the other ranch hands, to play cards, or even hang out. Crooks makes several comments like "S"pose you didn't have nobody. S"pose you couldn't go into the bunkhouse and ... play rummy "cause you was black". How"d you like that?" (Page 72), which made you think that he would have liked to be able to interact with the other ranch hands. ... ...

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... hurt him and make him suffer. Lennie didn't know what he was doing to Curley's wife, he didn't know that he was hurting her he just wanted to touch and play with her hair. Lennie couldn't even remember what he did with her so he wasn't even scared or nothing because he couldn't think of what he did except ... play with her hair. Lennie had gone crazy for about a few minutes and busted her neck. George found out but went back to his cabin and got his gun and acted ... ...

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... George about his background with Lennie and throughout George going into detail about it, he reveals a story of him bullying Lennie before he felt bad about it: "Used to play jokes on 'im 'cause he was too dumb to take care of 'imself...I've beat the hell outta him, and he coulda bust every bone in my ... ...

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... he felt so left out because of the ranch people excluding him from regular activities. " 'S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunkhouse and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like that?'" (72). He hated how everyone looked down upon him because he was the only black man on the ranch ... ...

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Characters in "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck play a very large role in bringing the theme of the story to light. Steinbeck uses these characters to show how women were oppressed in the early twentieth century. There are only ... ...

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... the new camp. She wanted to join but one of the children told her she had to wait. Frustrated, Winfield hit that child in the face. She then got to play the game but without all the children, who all left the field. This is an example of the second genre in mistakes of beauty, which is the error of under ... ...

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... talking to Lennie and Curley's wife and he says a string of key quotes such as "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody." and "spose you couldn't play rummy 'cause you was black, how'd you like that?" Crooks is expressing his feelings, admitting that he is lonely and he doesn't deserve to be discriminated against. Crooks ... ...

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... in his head, which expresses the way he feels. Once the pearl enters their lives, the song and the atmosphere suddenly change. The song of evil and danger begins to play frequently once Kino brings the pearl into their home. Before the pearl, happiness and warmth ran through their brush home, but now the evilness of the pearl has taken away ... ...

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... his skin color and the discrimination he is faced with. Because he is the only black man on the ranch, Crooks is not allowed to live at the bunkhouse or play rummy. Crooks has nobody. "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya I tell ya a guy gets ... ...

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... of dreams. There are many characters where lonliness is evident throughout parts or all of their life. But all of these characters who appear to be lonely only tend to play a minor role in the story. This is not to say that they are insignificant but they help to convey the feelings and emotions that surround the major characters rather than ... ...

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... . Crooks isn't allowed to doing just everyday things with white people. He is treated unfairly and reacts the same way toward the white people who offend him. "Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't because I'm Black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me!" Noboby likes to be force to live in a barn and work only ... ...

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