Today I want to talk about Crooks. He stays to himself but he doesn't want to actually stay to himself. He wants to make friends and play cards but he's black so most people don't want to be friends with him or let him play cards. Crooks at first didn't want Lennie in the barn because it was his room but when Lennie was about to leave Crooks says "set down" (sit/settle down) and then they started talking. Also, when Curley's wife came in and Candy was standing up for himself, Crooks joined Candy but was yelled at. Curley's wife threatened about how easy it could be to get him hung. After that he just kept saying "yes ma'ma" and not saying a word. I would thin Crooks would be better than her because he has a name, could read and had Candy and Lennie stand up for him.
Curley's wife caused a lot of trouble with Candy, Lennie, and Crooks. For some reason though, she is very interested in Lennie. Maybe it's because he beat up Curley or just because he is so tall. When she started picking on Lennie, Lennie called out for George and even looked at Candy for help even though "he was fascinated". Curley's wife pieced together what happened to Curley and when Candy kept saying that both Lennie and Curley got beat up by machines, Curley's wife was sure what happened.
The book also foreshadowed a little by making Curley's wife say "I like machines". I predict that Curley's wife is going to get Lennie alone somehow and then keep hitting on him and Lennie won't understand whats happening. She will keep pestering him because she wants to "see what he's made of" and see how he beat Curley. Lennie won't understand and maybe take it the wrong way and some incident will happen.
Did you think Crooks had more power than Curley's wife? Did you notice foreshadowing? Do you think Curley's wife will get Lennie in trouble?
Wow Katie! This post brought up a lot of things I had not considered before. First off, I firmly believe that Crooks should have more power over Curley's wife, and he would have more power if he was white and his back was not crooked. But unfortunately, he does not possess more power than Curley's wife because he technically works for her since she is part of Curley's family. He definitely didn't want trouble with her so he backed down from the fight. I thought about your example of foreshadowing and I completely agree with you! I do think Curley's wife will get Lennie in trouble and he will have to pay some price for Curley. I think that will endanger all thoughts of the dream’s existence since he might not get paid any money or he'll get kicked off the ranch. This was a great post and I really agree with you.
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