How are candy and crooks similar?

Candy and Crooks are in similar situations. Both men are rejected by the ranch hands. Candy is the old, disabled ranch hand who is helpless to stop the shooting of his dog and who knows that he too will be banished when he is no longer useful.

Subsequently, one may also ask, what do crooks and candy have in common?

Candy, Crooks, and Lennie are all crippled: Candy lost a hand in an accident with some machinery, Crooks has an injured back, and Lennie is “slow” mentally. These physical and/or mental challenges have caused them to be placed on the periphery of the social order.

Furthermore, what do crooks Candy and Curley’s wife have in common? Crooks and Curley’s wife are both practically isolated. Crooks lives alone in a room in the stable and Curley’s wife is subjected to rules of social decorum that essentially force her to stay in the house by herself (if she were to follow the rules). Thus, these two characters are isolated by social bias.

Similarly, it is asked, how are crooks and Lennie similar?

Crooks and Lennie had their own differences and similarities, Crooks suffered from racism while Lennie didn’t, Crooks was a lonely man while Lennie had George, and both of them were outside of society. Crooks suffer from racism. He lives alone in his own bunkhouse.

How is candy discriminated?

Candy is discriminated against because of his age, and the physical disabilities that come with that age. Those on the ranch think he is useless, and he believes he is not needed anymore, and that that will lead to his expulsion from the ranch.

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