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CROOKS
SAYS
"You got no right to come in my room. This
here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me" (Steinbeck 69).
This quote shows how Crooks wants to be left alone, which shows his solitary lifestyle. In addition, this shows how Crooks is clinging to his possessions as he doesn't want to lose anything else because of how he lost his ability to stand up straight.
"They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me" (Steinbeck 69).
This quote shows how Crooks has grow to dislike the white man because he is not welcome in the group. Because of this rejection, grew to prefer to live alone.
THOUGHTS
"Long as you won't get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down. His tone was a little more friendly" (Steinbeck 70).
This shows how Crooks still his a soft side and is therefore able to open up to people that are not a threat such as Lennie.
"Well, go see your pup, then. Don't come in a place where you're
not wanted" (Steinbeck 69).
Through this quote, it is shown how Crooks does not care what other people do, as long as they keep their distance from him.
ACTIONS
"scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions...he was more permanent than the other
men, and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back" (Steinbeck 68).
As Crooks has many possessions, including books, it shows how he is a man that finds pleasure in simple things such as reading and having multiple pairs of shoes to choose from.
"This room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man" (Steinbeck 68).
Crooks taking time out of his day to keep his room clean shows how he wants to be seen as more than just a black man but as a real human. Crooks prides himself on being more than what he is simply seen as because of his skin color and crooked back.
POSSESSION & ENVIRONMENT
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Environment: "Crooks' bunk
was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung" (Steinbeck 67).
Crook's bunk being made out of straw shows people such as the other workers view him as just an animal. This is because both animals and crooks sleep on bed made from straw.
EFFECT ON OTHERS
"S'pose George don't come
back no more. S'pose he took a powder and just ain't coming back" (Steinbeck 72).
This shows he Crooks takes joy from scare people such as Lennie. This is likely due to him wanting a small amount of revenge from being treated subhuman. This is similar to how schools bullies commonly bully others as they have problems in there home. The home in this allegory is the other workers and the bully is Crooks.
LOOKS
"In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and with the other he rubbed his spine. Now and then he poured a few drops of the liniment into his pink-palmed hand and reached up under his shirt to rub again" (Steinbeck 68).
This quote helps to describe how Crooks is in constant pain because of his spinal injury. He has to put liniment on his back just to help with the pain.
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