CROOKS

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GCSE ENGLISH Mapa Mental sobre CROOKS, criado por jo.newdawn em 21-03-2014.
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CROOKS
  1. SURVIVOR
    1. Good at his job.
      1. But at bottom of the pile
        1. Is a Stable Buck for the Ranch
          1. He provides the support for the horses /mules the farm uses.
          2. He is proud independent and intelligent
            1. "Got a crooked back where a horse kicked him"
              1. "Nobody gets to heaven and nobody gets no land
                1. He has a double burden black & disabled
              2. HE IS BLACK
                1. Victim of Racism
                  1. Only black man on the Ranch
                    1. Excluded from the bunk house
                      1. Has his own room
                        1. Room is homely & full of possessions
                          1. Shotgun
                            1. Alarm clock
                              1. Book
                                1. Shows he reads & thinks
                                  1. "He reads a lot. Got books in his room"
                                2. From possessions we can tell that he is practical & active
                                3. Small basic & functional
                                4. Because others say he smells
                                  1. "I ain't wanted in the bunk house 'cause I'm black"
                                5. No hope of having any power because he is black
                                6. LONELY
                                  1. Excluded from bunk house
                                    1. " A guy needs somebody to be near him"
                                    2. Loneliness makes him bitter
                                      1. Seems jealous of George & lennie friendship
                                        1. In chapter 4 tries to make Lennie feel lonely by suggesting that Georgew might leave him
                                    3. THE DREAM
                                      1. The dream has a powerful effect on Crooks
                                        1. He offers to work there for free
                                          1. working on their farm would give him dignity
                                        2. Gives him courage to stand up to Curleys wife but it is clear his confidence is fragile when she threatens to have him hung
                                          1. "I had enough" he said coldly. "you got no rights comin in a coloured man's room
                                          2. He thens pulls out of the dream
                                            1. "You guys is just kiddin yourself. You'll talk about it a hell of a lot but you won't get no land
                                              1. Crooks prepares the reader for the destruction of Lennies & George dream
                                            2. HIS LIFE DOMINATED BY PAIN
                                              1. "Crooks was aproud aloof man...his eyes..seemed to glitter with intensity.. he had thin pain tightened lips"
                                                1. Physical pain from his injury and mental pain from bein only black man

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