Crooks

Question 1

Evidence of loneliness. Crooks

Answer 1

“I been here a long time, ‘an Crooks been here a long time. This is the first time I ever been in his room”

“A guy needs somebody- to be near him” - emphasises the fact he is human. This highlights the injustice of him not being allowed in the bunkhouse

“I tell ya a guy gets lonely an’ he gets sick” - referred to as “a guy” to make him seem more human so the other characters may empathise with him more

Question 2

Evidence of dehumanisation crooks

Answer 2

“The stable buck’s a nigger”

- doesn’t refer to him by name

Question 3

Evidence of racism crooks

Answer 3

“They let the nigger come in that night”
- he isn’t allowed to be with the others

“S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy ‘cause you were black”

“The stable Bucks’ a nigger” - no name used so forced into the confines of subhuman status

“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”
Not only is Crooks the victim of verbal abuse but death threats because of his race

“Keep you place then nigger”
Crooks is at the bottom of the social ladder

“Yes ma’am” - powerless to the prejudice

Question 4

Themes? Crooks

Answer 4

Loneliness
Racism
Marginalisation
Dehumanisation

Question 5

Evidence of crooks and dreams

Answer 5

“Never a god damn one of ‘em ever gets it”