but I can’t play because I’m Black. They say I stink. Well I tell you, you all stink to me!" (Steinbeck, 75)
             Nobody likes to be forced to live in a barn, let alone to work only with the horses. Crooks spent most of his nights reading and he keeps away from others because of the way he is treated and this eventually leads to his very own emotional downfall. He is treated as an outcast and is forced to find friendship the only way he can, through the books that he read.
             Crooks is fascinated by the strength of the friendship of Lennie and George, especially how close they are. Crooks s
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