English- OF MICE AND MEN- Crooks

English- OF MICE AND MEN- Crooks

1. Black people had few oppotunities

   • He's trapped on the ranch
   • He gives up on the dream farm

2. Racial segregation in the 1930s America

   • Not allowed in bunk house with other men
     • Privacy one of the only rights he has
       • Racism makes him "aloof"
         • Tries to hide his loneliness
       • Candy thnks he's a "nice fella", but he's never been in Crooks Room
         • Only Slim has
         • Loneliness
           • Reads books because he is lonly

3. Most people had a stereotypical view of black men in the 1930s

   • Crooks in a full character, not a stereotype
     • Educated and a big reader
       • Has a past on his fathers chicken ranch
         • Steinbeck makes the reader sympathetic to Crooks
           • Steinbeck is saying black people are just as intelligent as white people

4. Black people experienced a lot of prejudice

   • Boss gives him "hell"
     • Forced to fight with another worker