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Crooks
- Intelligent
- 'His eyes lay deep in his
head, and because of
their depths seemed to
glitter with intensity.'
- 'And he had books, too... a mauled copy of
the California civil code for 1905.'
- Victim of prejudice
- 'If I say something, why it's
just a nigger sayin' it.' - Crooks
- 'I could get you strung up on a tree so
easy it ain't even funny' - Curley's Wife
- This makes
him protective
of his privacy
- 'You go on get outta
my room' - Crooks
- 'I ain't wanted in the
bunk house, and you
ain't wanted in my
room.' - Crooks
- 'S'pose you didn't have
nobody. S'pose you
couldn't go into the bunk
house and play rummy
'cause you was black.' -
Crooks
- Dreams of escape
- 'If you... guys would want a hand to
work for nothing - just his keep, why
I'd come an' lend a hand.' - Crooks
- Lonely
- 'Long as you won't
get out and leave me
alone, you might as
well set down.' -
Crooks
- 'A guy can talk to you an' be sure
you won't go blabbin'.' - Crooks
- 'A guy goes nuts if he
ain't got nobody.' - Crooks
- Proud and aloof
- 'He kept his distance and
demanded that other
people keep theirs.'
- 'You got no right to come
in my room. This here's my
room.' - Crooks
- Cruel to Lennie
- 'They'll take you to the booby
hatch. They'll tie ya up with a
collar, like a dog.' - Crooks
- 'Crooks' face lighted with
pleasure in his torture.'
- No power
- Crooks had reduced
himself to nothing... He
said, "Yes, ma'am," and
his voice was toneless.'
- 'a little shed that
leaned off the wall
of the barn.'
- Treated like an animal
- 'Crooks' bunk was a
long box filled with
straw, on which his
blankets were flung.'
- Crippled
- 'Crooks'