The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck deals with economic problems of rural labour and discrimination. In the book it is during The Great Depression and when African American’s were treated immoral. Whether John Steinbeck was racist for depicting racist characters however is far from clear. Some authors at the time wrote their books and novels reflecting the environment and culture in which they are raised. Steinbeck was born and raised in California where most his books were taken place in, and was raised in a time period of American history when racial attitudes remained the norm and the civil rights movement were decades away. Some novel’s “sugar coat” the uglier parts of history to spare themselves the incrimination of being called racist. However, Steinbeck cannot be labeled a racist just because he remained true in history and how African American were treated. The Great Depression affected everyone but it really affected African American’s much worse. That is because half of the African American population were unemployed and if they had a job they were paid much less and treated much worse. …show more content…
It’s because Crooks had the most important job on the ranch, he was the person who takes care of the horses. He is the glue to manage the ranch to keeping the ranch together. Crook has compassion for Lennie and George’s relationship because Crook was always lonely and when he saw how lonely he was and Lennie was asking Lennie about His relationship with George and Crook was envious of their relationship and the reason is because he is lonely and he asked a question to Lennie, “ S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunk house and play rummy cause you were black… A guy needs somebody-to be near him… I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” {Steinbeck