Part one of term paper
Crooks plays a significant part in the novel, "Of Mice and Men." Crooks is considered the lowest man on the totem pole on the ranch. Crooks desperately needs companionship and equality. He has the intelligence of any of the workers, but they don't listen to him because he is black.. Crooks is a very lonely and bitter old man who has "got a ...

Part two of term paper
... makes life for Crooks extremely strenuous. He lived in California as a kid and has felt the pains of racism his entire life. Although he did play with other white boys as a child, society soon casted him aside. In the novel, Crooks lives as a southern Negro lives, oppressed and outspoken. He is a very intellectual man who has "got lots of books." He "had his bunk in the harness room." His room is full of "a number of personal possessions" that had accumulated over time. Crook's room is hi ...