Steinbeck also reveals that Crooks has only been admitted into the bunk house for a holiday celebration. Living in seclusion in a small, isolated room, Crooks lives a bitter and lonely life in the barn, which is a dark and foreboding place in the story. A critical conversation takes place there between Crooks and Lennie that reveals to readers how heavily solitude and loneliness can weigh on a person. That Crooks is forced to live in the barn with the animals also demonstrates his society's view of African-Americans as subhuman, more fit to dwell with the animals in the barn than in the bunk house with men during the time period.
What happened in Weed? Why does Curley attack Lennie? Why does George kill Lennie? Why does Lennie have a dead mouse in his pocket? How is Lennie different from the other men? An excerpt from a critical study entitled The Novels of John Steinbeck , An oil-on-canvas painting entitled Valley Farms by Ross Dickinson, Kirby, A photograph of workers gathering seedlings in California, A photograph of migrant workers in San Joaquin Valley, California, A photograph of men playing cards and drinking in the forest, ca.
A drawing of the ranch of S. He decides to hunt Lennie down and murder him in cold blood. Steinbeck wrote his book on his own experiences in s, as homeless man, who had struggle to earn money for food.
The title of the book copied from Robert Burns "To a mouse". Steinbecks novel takes place during the "Great Depression" when people had not enough money to feed families in the USA and begins near the Salinas River in Soledad, California. Story is about two migrant workers George Milton and Lennie Smalls who seeking job ranch to ranch.
Well, this was the life during the Great Depression. He has to take care of his friend Lennie Small, a mentally disabled man who has the perception and social skills of a 5-year-old. However, Lennie is exceptionally strong and he is very hard-working on the ranch. In the end, George is forced to make an extremely difficult decision that results in him taking on the rest of his life solo.
This novel explores the effects of oppression on women, African Americans, and people with disabilities. First, the women of the Great Depression were oppressed greatly. She confined to the small area of the farm and is often commanded to return to her home. This man 's name is crooks and when he is first introduced we learn that he is victimized because of the color of his skin and that he is handicapped in that his back is crooked, hence the name crooks.
Even the woman on the ranch, curley 's wife puts him down, he is used as a punching bag by everyone on the ranch.
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