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In chapter four of the story "Of Mice and Men" we are immediately introduced to Crooks. Through the great detailed description given by Steinbeck the reader can learn many things about Crooks' character. Crooks' name itself suggests that there is something physically wrong with him. His physical disability is one of the many ways that he suffers on the ranch. He is not shown much in the first three chapters and this indicates his position in society as very low because he is not noticed, and therefore is not important. However, unlike the other characters in the story, he is the only African American worker on the ranch. Initially, Crooks was forced to live separately from the other workers in "a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn" implying to the fact that he was treated like an animal, as a barn is a place where animals...

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