Reading 3 of Mice and Men

I would first like to discuss the way Crooks is treated by Curleys wife and some of the other hands arounf thr ranch. For example when lennie comes in to Crooks's room he is angry that lennie has come in to and invaded his personal space. I think the reason for Crooks being this way twards other people is that bcause he is blakc and he is cripple. In real life I have noticed that people with disabilities are mostly targeted by other to be picked on. Like on page 73 when Lennie and Crooks are talking and Crooks starts "S'posing" He is actually just playing with lennie's disability to think and comprehend what Crooks is saying about George not coming back that night. I think that Crooks was just messing with Lennie for his own pleasure because he has no one to talk to and and understand him when he has something to say or voice an opinion about Curly's wife. In a way i feel sorry for Crooks not having anybody to talk to and be around. to me it sounds like he once had a good life when he had his dad and three brothers to be around him all the time. I think that maybe Lennie and Crooks will become friends over the time they are at the ranch together. With Lennie always coming in to play with his pup i predict that Crooks will come to realize that Lennie is special and not to take advantage of his disability.

The second thing i would like to talk about is that curlys wife. She is never with Curley when she comes into a scene she is always looking for him or he is looking for her. I think she doesnt care for him one bit because he doesnt listen to her when she talks and her and Crooks aree kind of in the same boat with having no one to talk to when they have something to say or talk about. I think thats why she is always out talking with the hands around the ranch because Curley wont listen to whjat she has to say. But on the other hand she has some kind of power and authority over the men on the ranch because she said that if she wanted to she could have every body there canned and new ones brought in to replace them. She does seem to have some kind of a chip on her shoulder towards Crooks because he is colored and crippled. She is always calling him hurtful names and is threating him by saying she will have him canned.