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Crooks is an African American male. He has a crooked back, hence the name "Crooks".

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Crooks grew up in Northern California on a ranch owned by his father. Growing up on his chicken ranch, even though he was in California, he always knew he was different from others because of his skin color. He has always felt like an outsider, but now he feels alone.

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Crooks was isolated from the other workers at the ranch because of his skin tone, he is black. This meant he had a completely separate bunker, that was of less quality than the bunker the whites were in. He was forced to stay alone at night, and he wasn't able to communicate with anyone else.

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Crooks is jealous of the other workers on the ranch because they have a sense of companionship with each other.
We see this jealousy displayed when Crooks pushes the idea of George leaving onto Lennie. He wants a friendship like Lennie and George's, therefore he tries to separate them.

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Crooks is lonely because he is isolated from everyone else. Because his race is different from everyone around him, he doesn't have any friends and lives alone. We see Crooks loneliness when he is reassigned to work with the mules, and is forced to stay in a separate bunk than the whites. Crooks received no human contact.

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Crooks is a black male. On the ranch, the white men discriminate against him because he is black. In this way, the ranch is a microcosm of the world at this time, because there was much discrimination towards African Americans at this time.

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Crooks is aloof because of how he distances himself from the other men on the ranch. He pushes the belief that if "he isn't allowed to into the other bunks, no one should be allowed in his", when Lennie walks into the room.

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Crooks, because of the isolation he has faced all his life due to his race, isolates himself from the others on the ranch more than he needs to. Some of the men on the ranch, like Lennie and Candy, would accept him even though he is black. Crooks doesn't allow himself to make friends because he is afraid of rejection. This can be seen in how Crooks initially asked to work on Lennie's farm, and then changed his mind.

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Crooks is resentful because he feels that he was cheated out of a better life by being black. His resentment towards people that have been able to develop relationships with others is evident in the manner in which he "suggests" to Lennie that George could suddenly leave him.

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Crooks feels that he doesn't have a good life. Therefore, even when an opportunity comes along, like working on George's farm, he doesn't allow himself to take advantage of it because he realizes that no matter what, he is inferior to the white women and men.

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Crooks's character is complex because his conflict is not simply society adversity, but also adversity that stems from his own self-worth. Crooks feels inferior to white people and therefore isolates himself, all while having a dream to be unified no matter his skin tone.

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