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Of Mice and Men
Crooks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First description of Crooks | ‘The door opened quietly … a lean negro head, lined with pain, the eye patient.’ (77) |
| Crooks is clearly suffering physically as well as emotionally | 'pain-tightened lips' (99) |
| The extent of his disability is shown when he is alone in his room | ‘His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine’ (99) |
| The narrator description of Crooks | 'a proud, aloof man.' (99) |
| Crooks can read | 'had books... a tattered dictionary and a mauled copy of the Californian civil code for 1905.' (98) |
| Being segregated has affected him | ‘He kept his distance and demanded other people kept theirs.' (99) |
| His initial reaction to Lennie is to try to expel him from his room: | ‘I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room.’ (100) |
| Crooks torments Lennie | ‘His voice grew soft and persuasive. S’pose George don’t come back no more.' (103) |
| Crooks is initially delighted when Lennie becomes upset | ‘Crooks’ face lighted with pleasure at the torture.’ (103) |
| Crooks is initially dismissive when Lennie tells him about the dream | ‘I see hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hundreds of them.’ (106) |
| He is very sure that dreams do not come true | ‘Nobody gets to heaven, and nobody never gets no land. It's just in their head.’ (106) |
| Crooks' father owned the type of farm that George and Lennie dream about | 'The stable buck went on dreamily, 'I remember when I was a little kid on my old man's chicken ranch.' (105-6) |
| Even Crooks is seduced by the idea of the dream | 'If you … guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand. I ain't so crippled I can't work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to.’ (109) |
| However, after Curley's Wife threatens him, he tells Candy to forget about his offer to work on the farm | 'I didn' mean it. Jus' foolin'. I wouldn' want to go no place like that.' (116) |
| Candy tells George that the boss takes his anger out on Crooks and offers a reason why | ‘The boss gives him hell when he’s mad... Ya see the stable buck's a n****r.' (40) |
| The number of times Candy use the n- word when relating the story of how Crooks was allowed into the bunkhouse at Christmas | Five |
| Crooks tells Lennie that he is not concerned about being excluded from the bunkhouse | ‘They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all stink to me.’ (100) |
| Crooks explains to Lennie why the men do not allow him in the bunkhouse | 'Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black.' |
| Crooks is aware that he is ignored because of his colour | 'If I say something, why it’s just a n****r sayin’ it' |
| Crooks becomes aware that Lennie does not understand what he is saying | ‘This is just a n****r talkin’, an a busted back n****r. So it don’t mean nothing, see?’ (103) |
| When he asks her to leave his room, Curley's Wife threatens him | ‘Well, you keep your place then, N****r. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.’ (113) |
| Crooks' response to the threat from Curley's Wife is typical of a black man during this period | ‘Crooks seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall.’ (113) |
| By the time Curley's Wife has finished threatening him | 'Crooks had reduced himself to nothing' |
| Crooks' justification for tormenting Lennie is that he is lonely | ‘S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you were black' |
| Crooks is clearly lonely | ‘A guy needs somebody-to be near him....I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.' (105) |
| When Candy arrives, Crooks tells him to come in | ‘It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger.’ |
| Crooks' accommodation is with the animals | ‘Crooks… had his bunk in the harness room… [his] bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung.’ (98) |
| But unlike George and Lennie, he is a permanent worker on the farm and has | ‘more possessions than he could carry on his back.’ (98) |
| Crooks distinguishes himself from those born in the Deep South | ‘I ain’t a southern negro. I was born right here in California.’ (102) |
| Crooks' father | ‘a chicken ranch, ‘bout ten acres.’ (102) |
| Crooks enjoys tormenting Lennie | ‘Crooks pressed forward some kind of private victory.’ (103) |
| Candy's description of him in Chapter 2. | 'a stable buck and a cripple.' |
| Crooks initially tries to prevent Lennie coming into his room. | 'You ain't got no right coming into my room.' |
| Crooks tells Lennie of his loneliness. | 'Books aint's no good, a guy needs somebody' |
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