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Crooks - Coggle Diagram
Crooks
Actions
"Crooks stared hopelessly at her, and then he sat down on his bunk and drew into himself." (p.119)
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"Crooks seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall. 'Yes, ma’am.'"
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Thoughts
"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? 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." (p. 110-111)
From this, readers can conclude that he is lonely.
“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. Had a strawberry patch. Had an alfalfa patch. Used to turn the chickens out in the alfalfa on a sunny morning. My brothers’d set on a fence rail an’ watch ’em—white chickens they was.” (p. 111-112)
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Says
"Crooks stood up from his bunk and faced her. 'I had enough,' he said coldly." (p. 119)
This shows his place in the ranch. His sudden confidence quickly disappeared and he admit that he forgot his place there.
“'It wasn’t nothing,' Crooks said dully. 'You guys comin’ in an’ settin’ made me forget. What she says is true.'" (p.121)
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Effects on Others
"She turned on him in scorn. 'Listen, n--,' she said. 'You know what I can do to you if you open your trap?' ... She closed on him. 'You know what I could do?'" (p. 119)
She threatened Crooks, but did not threaten Candy even though they did the same thing. This adds to readers' understanding of the social hierarchy at the ranch.
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Possession & Environment
"And he had books, too; a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905. There were battered magazines and a few dirty books on a special shelf over his bunk." (p. 104)
Reading materials seem to be a large portion of his personal possessions. This implies that he spends a large portion of his free time reading.