English- OF MICE AND MEN- Crooks

Black people had few oppotunities
1. He's trapped on the ranch
2. He gives up on the dream farm
Racial segregation in the 1930s America
1. Not allowed in bunk house with other men
  1. Privacy one of the only rights he has
    1. Racism makes him "aloof"
      1. Tries to hide his loneliness
    2. Candy thnks he's a "nice fella", but he's never been in Crooks Room
      1. Only Slim has
      2. Loneliness
        Reads books because he is lonly
Most people had a stereotypical view of black men in the 1930s
1. Crooks in a full character, not a stereotype
  1. Educated and a big reader
    1. Has a past on his fathers chicken ranch
      1. Steinbeck makes the reader sympathetic to Crooks
        Steinbeck is saying black people are just as intelligent as white people
Black people experienced a lot of prejudice
1. Boss gives him "hell"
  1. Forced to fight with another worker

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