What stood out about crooks?

   Crooks at first did not want people in his room and that surprised me because why would anyone want to be alone. When he explained how they treated him and how they kicked him out the bunk house I finally understood where he was coming from. He also was talking about how lonely he was all the time which honestly became annoying although we know why he is in such a bad disposition. It was ironic that he went into a tirade about his life of loneliness yet he told Lennie to get out at first. I believe that Steinbeck characterizes him like this because he needed to prove how badly African-Americans were treated by letting Crooks explain himself it came "first hand" by a black person. Black people suffered a lot and were discriminated against. Not only did Steinbeck make Crooks lonely but he used the views of white people on blacks. The mean things that the rest of them would say about him were awful especially Curley's wife. The use of language and the way Crooks acted brought to life the ways the black people were treated and what needed to change.