In his book, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck realistically portrays the hardships of life and how people unnecessarily suffered during those years because of that cruel and unjust treatment. Of Mice and Men goes even deeper into the issue and illustrates prejudice in more ways than just skin color. ... Steinbeck provides an example of this prejudice in his book with his black character Crooks. ... Candy, an old, crippled, yet kind and gentle man, holds a deep love for his dog Lulu. ... He is a man of tremendous size and build, yet is kind, but he displays weakness and a lack of intelliegence. ...

• Word Count: 994
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Within the limited pages of the story Of Mice And Men, one is impacted by the tremendous amount of loneliness Crooks feels and how he behaves because of his loneliness and what he does to overcome it For example, Crooks is a stable buck, on a farm, which is surrounded by white people that are racist. ... In addition, Crooks is invited to the house only on holidays (e.g.: Christmas) not because they enjoy his company, only the simple reason that they are drunk and want a white man to beat a black man at all costs. ... This point is defined through out the passages of the book. ... It was ...

• Word Count: 482
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Outsiders All of the people in "Of mice and men" are outsiders in there own right, they have all been disallowed, or to a certain extent not wanted to have certain rights because of things such a sex, race and different disabilities. ... Crooks is a black man in the 1930s, this was especially not a nice time to be a black person. ... A woman is different to a man in the way they live and want to be respected, there feelings can be easily hurt and the men do not seen to understand or care. Candy is an outsider because he is old and crippled, and when your are old and or crippled you are u...

• Word Count: 500
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School