The main characters in Of Mice and Men are George and Lennie ... particularly Curley’s wife, Candy and Crooks. Set during the Great Depression, these three characters demonstrate the harshness ...

Economic and social barriers limit the lives of characters like Crooks in âÄúOf Mice and Men,âÄù a black stable-hand who works with an injured back. The assortment of migrant workers like Crooks ...

"Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has featured on the ... "It does, however, include the character Crooks, a disenfranchised black ranch worker, where the surrounding narrative alludes to racial ...