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Crooks - Coggle Diagram
Crooks
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Says
"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," he cried, "I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick" (Steinbeck 73)
It shows how Crooks has a lot of pent up sadness in his life and he couldn't get rid of it because he has no one to talk to. When Lennie ends up in his room, he starts to let it all out in the form of a rant. It shows that Crooks is truly suffering.
"'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 of you stink to me" (Steinbeck 69).
This shows how Crooks struggles to fit in. Because he is black, he is unable to play with the other guys and he is sort of shunned off from the rest of the farm.
Actions
"Crooks stood up from his bunk and faced her. "I had enough," he said coldly. "You got no rights comin' in a colored man's room. You got no rights messing around in here at all. Now you jus' get out, an' get out quick" (Steinbeck 80 ).
This shows how Crooks enjoys the company of the other workers, but when it comes to people like Curley and his wife, he makes a stand. This shows that he tries to be confident and bold.
"Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego-nothing to arouse either like or dislike. He said, "Yes, ma'am," and his voice was toneless" (Steinbeck 81).
The way that Curley's wife treats Crooks shows how truly helpless he is because of his skin color. Right before he got scolded by the wife, he was a lot more confident, but then forgot his situation and curled back up into his usual lonely self.
Thoughts
"A guy sets alone out here at night, maybe readin' books or thinkin' or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin', an' he got nothing to tell him what's so an' what ain't so. Maybe if he sees somethin', he don't know whether it's right or not" (Steinbeck 74).
Crooks explains his thoughts about why being alone is bad. He has only had his thoughts and opinions because he is so lonely. He struggles with staying sane because his isolation is almost like being stranded on an island. He has no one.
"I remember when I was a little kid on my old man's chicken ranch. Had two brothers. They was always near me, always there. Used to sleep right in the same room, right in the same bed-all three" (Steinbeck 74).
Crooks is often thinking about his childhood because he had freedom and other people to talk to. He wasn't lonely back then and he always goes back to those days to cheer him up.
Effects on Others
" Old Candy was watching her, fascinated. "If you was to do that,
we'd tell," he said quietly. "We'd tell about you framin' Crooks" (Steinbeck 81).
Since Candy stood up for him, it shows how Crooks proves to be a good man worth fighting for. He has created a positive affect on others and even though, he doesn't talk to people a lot, they understand his pain.
Looks
"Come on in. If ever'body's comin' in, you might just as well." It
was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger.
It shows how barriers were being broken within Crooks sadness and his mood is being lifted because he finally has some company. It is still hard for him to except that because he still tries to act mad at the others for invading his private space.