Paragraph 1- introduction

  • Needs to refer back to the question
  • Include the definition of prejudice
  • Prejudice is when people prejudge people generally because of their gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality and other characteristics
  • Talk about the key points of the story:
  1. characters and their experiences with isolation
  2. Language
  3. historic content
  4. theme (idea)

Paragraph 2- explore how Crooks is isolated from other people

  • Crooks physical appearance, beginning of chapter 4
  • Explain why he’s isolated
  • Explain how the characters feel from being isolated (lonely, frustrated, unable to express emotions with people, questioning themselves)  give examples of other characters

‘A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long he’s with you. I tell ya’ ‘I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.’

Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all stink to me’

  • Link ideas to quote. 

Paragraph 3- explore language which is used when crooks speaks

  • Refer to crooks room and the objects he owns and how he might have a emotional connection he has with them through being lonely
  • explore that a metaphor has been used to describe the California civil code. ‘Mauled copy of the civil code’
  • Talk about how crooks is called a nigger use a quote ‘ya see the stable bucks a nigger’
  • Say how he talks similar to George showing he is local and similar to George.

Crooks= ‘well s’pose, jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then?’

George= ‘me an’ lennie rollin’ up a stake’ ‘I might go in an’ set and have a shot, but I ain’t puttin’ out no two and a half’

  • Accents are similar, explain how

paragraph 4- theme and historic content

  • Description of Soledad on 1st page give quote
  • soledad which links to solitude- state of being alone
  • Justify isolation and being lonely
  • Talk about the broken society
  • Refer to the depression in the 1930s due to lack of money and travelling for work

Paragraph 5- Steinbeck

  • Talk about his message and why he produced the book
  • How he uses crook to voice opinion use quote above in paragraph 2
  • how lennie is used so character would open up to him which adds to the story use quote of curlys wife failed dream and past

Paragraph 6-conclusion 

  • Some up ideas, link ideas, create a though throughout the essay.
  • If stuck talk about the ending of the book.