crooks Flashcards
summary
- Discriminated against due to his race
- Segregated from the other men
- Defensive and unapproachable
- Reveals his loneliness to Lennie
- Gets prejudiced and disrespected
- Tries to join in on the dream as an escape
‘You see the…………………………………………………………………..
‘You see the stable buck’s… a ****…The boss gives him hell when he’s mad’
- Reflects the prejudice, segregation and inequality of the time
- Racial violence (physical and verbal) and racial slurs
- Discrimination
- Crooks, being the only black worker, is used as a punchbag
‘Crooks’ face……………………………………………………………………………..
‘Crooks’ face lightened… with pleasure in his torture’
- After a lifetime of hurt and discrimination, he is the one with the upper hand who gets to inflict hurt on Lennie
- Shows hi bitterness (anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment.)
‘Crooks had r……………………………………………………….
‘Crooks had reduced… himself to nothing’
- Crooks was completely discriminated against by Curley’s wife
- His guard has gone back up after letting it down
- He was reminded of the racism and put back in his place
‘It wasn’t………………….
‘It wasn’t… nothing’
- Racism is so normalised to Crooks
- Shows how used he is to it
- Brushes the threat of lynching off like it was nothing
‘This is just…………………………………………………………..
‘This is just a… **** talking, an’ a busted back’
- Demonstrates the understanding he has for the racism he receives from the other characters
- Uses the same slurs as the white men to show that he’s aware of the little respect he has
- Deprecates himself and has no self worth because of the lifetime of abuse he has faced
‘You know what………………………………………………………………………………….
‘You know what I… can do to you if you open your trap’
- Curley’s wife threatens lynching Crooks for virtually nothing
- She specifically targets Crooks when he isn’t the only one telling her to leave
- Disgusting threat
