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Chapter 4 is very circular in nature because in the beginning of the chapter we meet Crooks, a lonely African American man stuck in a world of hate and racism. He's not included in many things, and he's the only African American person on the ranch. He has no real family and doesn't remember what it feels like to have a friend. When Lennie comes into his cabin, Crooks allows him to stay, but because he is jealous of Lennie's companionship with George he tricks Lennie into believing George isn't coming back. He does this to try to get someone to understand how alone and sad he always feels. When Candy enters the cabin a few minutes later, the three men strike up a conversation about the ranch George, Lennie, and Candy are going to buy. At first Crooks is reluctant to believe them, but them he allows himself to hope, even going so far as to say he would work without pay on the small farm. However, after a racist interaction with Curley's wife, he is brought back to his miserable reality and excepts he'll always be alone. The chapter starts ends with Crooks being in isolation.

Figure 1- The circle is symbolism for the heart-breaking fact that no matter how much Crooks' hopes, his dreams will be shattered with no way out of the life he's currently living.

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At this time, during the Great Depression,  hope is lacking in most people. All the characters excluding Lennie and George didn't believe in the American Dream, they have no hope for a better life. When Lennie first mentioned to Crooks that they were going to buy land, Crooks didn't believe him. Afterwards, when Candy told Crooks that they had most of the money, Crooks asked if he could join on the deal and work for free, he had hope that his life could get better. By the end of the chapter, Crooks hopes shattered because he realized that nothing could really get better. Overall, all the characters except for George, Lennie, and Candy have no hope that the American Dream can be a reality.

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Chapter 4 ends in a sorrowful paragraph that depicts Crooks looking at the door George, Lenny, and Candy just walked out of, showing his longing for the companionship he never had. Then he sighed and got his ointment bottle out to rub his back more, showing acceptance of the life he has. In this brief but powerful scene, we can truly see Crooks' longing for companionship and acceptance from his peers. Our group also considered the fact that maybe Crooks was thinking about his time as a young boy when even though he was the only black boy he could run and play freely with the white children of the neighborhood.

Figure 2- Solemn Crooks

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" And scattered about the floor were a number of personal possessions; for, being alone, Crooks could leave his things about, and being a stable buck and a cripple, he was more permanent than the other men, and he had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back. " (Steinbeck 33.)

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" Lennie said quietly, 'It ain’t no lie. We’re gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an’ live on the fatta the lan" ' (Steinbeck 34.)

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"Crooks sat on his bunk and looked at the door for a moment, and then he reached for the liniment bottle" (Steinbeck 41.)

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Mia Bakotic, Zainab Shaik, and Charity Jones