When Crooks uses the words "you ain't wanted" this shows the bitterness of Crooks that led him to retaliate against Lennie by not allowing him to come inside. Steinbeck uses the phrase "outta my room" to demonstrate how much of an anti-social person Crooks had become because of the isolation he has been facing. Crooks' cruelty further extends as he tells Lennie that George might never return back to the ranch. Crooks said, 'S'upose George don't come back. S'upose he took a powder and just ain't coming back.'[] Crooks face lighted with pleasure in his torture" (Steinbeck 88). When Steinbeck uses "pleasure in his torture," he illustrates how much Crooks enjoys seeing Lennie's anxiety. Crooks gets "pleasure" when he sees someone suffer from loneliness he too has. Crooks says, "S'upose George don't come back" which demonstrates rather than being friendly towards Lennie, he simply wishes to force Lennie to understand the difficulty he is going through, to demonstrate how upset and unhappy his solitary lifestyle makes him . Crooks is resentful about social relationship. He acts pessimistic toward others to make them understand his internal conflict. Clearly, by showing Crooks's difficulty of establishing friendships, Steinbeck demonstrates how loneliness affects Crooks by prompting him to become an insensitive and cruel person. Although loneliness has made Crooks to be a bitter person and to lash out others, it has also made him to secretly wish for friendship.
Crooks attempts having a friend so he can cut out the loneliness in his life that has become too painful to bear. Crooks tells Lennie how he feels like he has nobody around. He knows that he will never have any friends because of discrimination. However, Crooks starts sharing the feeling of being lonely in an emotional way to Lennie. He states, "Book ain't good. A guy need somebody-to be near him.
