Crooks Flashcards
Quotes for how far you agree that Crooks is a powerless victim.
“”They let the n* come in that night.””
“”I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room.””
“In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and wit the other he rubbed his spine.”
“He pulled out his shirt in back, poured a little liniment in his pink palm and, reaching around, he fell slowly to rubbing his spine.”
“”You guys comin’ in an’ settin’ made me forget. What she said was true.””
“”The boss gives him hell when he’s mad. But the stable buck don’t give a damn about that.””
“”Door opened quietly and the stable buck put in his head; a lean negro head, lined with pain, the eyes patient. “Mr Slim.””
“a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905.”
“”Well, you keep your place then, N. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.””
“”If I say something, why it’s just a n** sayin’ it… This is just a n*** talkin’…So it don’t mean nothing…””
“Crooks, the negro stable buck.”
“”Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me.””
“Crooks had reduced himself to nothing… He said, “Yes ma’am,” and his voice was toneless.””
“A little shed…the little room.”
“His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spin, and his eyes lay deep in his head”
“His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips”
Counter argument quotes for how far you agree that Crooks is a powerless victim.
“”S’pose George don’t come back no more…What’ll you do then?…Well,s’pose, jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then?””
“Crooks pressed forward some kind of private victory”
“Crooks’ face relished with pleasure in his torture.”
Quotes for how far you agree that Crooks is a lonely character.
“”They let the n***** come in that night.””
“”I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room.””
“”Must be nice to have a room all to yourself this way.” “Sure,” said Crooks…”it’s swell.””
“He whined, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you.””
“”He got nothing to tell him what’s so an’ what ain’t so am’ what ain’t so… He can’t turn to some other guy and ast him if he sees it too. He can’t tell. He go nothing to measure by.””
“In one hand he held a bottle of liniment, and with the other he rubbed his spine.”
“He pulled out his shirt in back, poured a little liniment in his pink palm and , reaching around, he fell slowly to rubbing his back.”
“There wasn’t another coloured family for miles around. And now there ain’t a coloured man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad.””
“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.””
“Gradually Lennie’s interest came around to what was being said. “George says we’re gonna have alfalfa for the rabbits.””
Counter argument quotes for how far you agree that Crook’s is a lonely character.
“Being a stable buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than the other men, and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back.”
“Long as you won’t get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down.” His tone was a little more friendly… “Come on in. If ever’body’s comin’ in, you might just as well.” It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger.”
“Crooks pressed forward some kind of private victory”
“Crooks’ face lighted with pleasure in his torture.”