Crooks

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A mindmap about Crooks.
Mrs Peacock
Mind Map by Mrs Peacock, updated more than 1 year ago
Mrs Peacock
Created by Mrs Peacock about 9 years ago
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Crooks
  1. Intelligent
    1. 'His eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depths seemed to glitter with intensity.'
      1. 'And he had books, too... a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.'
      2. Victim of prejudice
        1. 'If I say something, why it's just a nigger sayin' it.' - Crooks
          1. 'I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny' - Curley's Wife
            1. This makes him protective of his privacy
              1. 'You go on get outta my room' - Crooks
                1. 'I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room.' - Crooks
                2. '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
                3. Dreams of escape
                  1. 'If you... guys would want a hand to work for nothing - just his keep, why I'd come an' lend a hand.' - Crooks
                  2. Lonely
                    1. 'Long as you won't get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down.' - Crooks
                      1. 'A guy can talk to you an' be sure you won't go blabbin'.' - Crooks
                        1. 'A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.' - Crooks
                        2. Proud and aloof
                          1. 'He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.'
                            1. 'You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room.' - Crooks
                            2. Cruel to Lennie
                              1. 'They'll take you to the booby hatch. They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog.' - Crooks
                                1. 'Crooks' face lighted with pleasure in his torture.'
                                2. No power
                                  1. Crooks had reduced himself to nothing... He said, "Yes, ma'am," and his voice was toneless.'
                                    1. 'a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn.'
                                    2. Treated like an animal
                                      1. 'Crooks' bunk was a long box filled with straw, on which his blankets were flung.'
                                      2. Crippled
                                        1. 'Crooks'
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