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Lennie's Bunkhouse In Of Mice And Men

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In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck presents characters that are stuck at the bottom due to different economic, social, and intellectual circumstances. Steinbeck’s first and most controversial example is that of Crooks, the black stable buck. Crooks is forbidden in the white man’s bunkhouse, therefore, he forbids people from his bunkhouse. Lennie approaches him in his bunkhouse and Crooks tries to kick him out because “[He’s] got no right to come in [Crooks’] bunkhouse” (Steinbeck 112). This is a demonstration of the Golden Rule because the white men treated him one way, so he treated them the same way. Secondly, Steinbeck displays this through the awkwardly big man, Lennie Small. Lennie is a large and socially awkward man who struggles
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