crooks Flashcards
what can we assume about crooks when we get to know his room?
crooks is permanent as he “ he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back”
he reads and thinks - sign that he’ll be a full developed character with a personality and background
how does crooks hide his loneliness?
by being proud and aloof. He tries to act like it doesn’t effect him
quote to prove that crooks is lonely
“a guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody”
quote to prove Crooks is hopeless
“hell i seen too many guys”
‘Crooks had reduced himself to nothing’
Quote to justify why Crooks decides to open up to Lennie
“a guy can talk to you an’ be sure you won’t go blabbin’”
“you couldn’t remember it anyways”
quote to prove crooks is cynical (disbelief in sincerity)
“nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land”
quote to prove crooks is vulnerable
“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”
Crooks is mistreated
“Stable buck”,
“nigger”
“Crooks”
-DEROGATORY (disrespectful) terms / nickname
Racism is deeply entrenched in the system
Ya see the stable buck’s a n**r….Nice fella, too.”
Crooks is a litteral example of the tough working conditions
“Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him in”
“Thin, pain-tightened lips”
- impact of living in a prejudice society
Crooks is not treated like a human
“Crooks bunk was a large box filled with straw”
-Bed like a horses’ - dehumanising conditions
when was slavery abolished?
50 years prior to the great depression, but that didn’t mean that people were’nt racist still
Crooks is even weaker than Curley’s wife
“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”
CONTEXT - Black people in the Great Depression
- The KKK still had a lot of power;
- African Americans were hit hardest by the economic crisis - by the end of 1932, 50% of black Americans were unemployed;
- In some states black people were fired becuase whites needed jobs;
- Linching blacks was common
Crooks is MARGINALISED
he isn’t shows much outside of chapter 4
