Differences Between Crooks In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Because of the differences in skin color and physical ability Crooks is treated with less respect and fewer rights than the other men. As a child, Crooks lived on a farm, just like many others, and played with all the other kids without a thought: “The white kids came to play...an’ sometimes I went to play with them. My ol’ man didn’t like that. I never knew till long later why…” (70). The young children did not form racist opinions; therefore Crooks was able to play freely with them without the discrimination that developed in the years to come . His father, however, knew what pain the future would hold for Crooks. Discrimination also comes from Crooks’, “crooked” back. Candy was describing Crooks to Lennie and talked about a fight between