Crooks In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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My theme matters because it relates to not only one gender but all genders. My character that my essay is on is Crooks. He has a crooked back because he got bucked by a horse, he is also the only black person on the ranch so he gets all the hate and discrimination that the other people do not. The novel Of mice and men by John Steinbeck reveals that some people are lonely and isolated because they are a different gender and/or color than everyone else through Crooks.
Therefore, some people are lonely and isolated because they are forced into being lonely and isolated because of their gender and/or color. According to Crooks in the middle almost the end of the novel,“Well I got a right to a light. You go on get outta my room. I ain’t
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Crooks states to George in chapter 4, “‘I tol’ em but they come in anyways.” “I didn’t care much” Said Crooks. “Lennie’s a nice fella’” (Steinbeck 82). This indicates that Crooks reveals that he doesn’t care if people are in his room once he gets to know them. It also indicates that Crooks enjoys the company from time to time so he has someone to talk to and he doesn’t have to read boring books all day. Crooks explains to Lennie in chapter 4, “‘You’re nuts,’ Said Crooks, ‘I don’t blame the guy you travel around with for keepin you outta sight” (Steinbeck 69). This detail shows that Crooks hasn’t seen anyone achieve their goal of getting land and having a house. Everyone that said that they were going to get land and live on their own either quit or got rid of that dream because they realized that it wasn’t possible at that time period. And finally, the novel Of mice and men by John Steinbeck reveals that some people are lonely and isolated because they are a different gender and/or color than everyone else through Crooks. One main idea for my essay is that Crooks doesn’t want people in his room and people don’t want him in the bunkhouses. The second main idea is that there isn’t another black family around for miles. The last main idea is that Lennie tells Crooks about their idea to get land and their idea to buy a little house on a farm. Just because someone is a different color and/or gender doesn’t