Love In A Hopeless Place?

In part four, all the plot happened inside of Crooks’s room, where usually no one goes. The characters in the room were the workers that were usually left out of events, and were at the lower end of the social/respect scale. All the other men were out in town, enjoying their Saturday's. When Lenny first entered the room, Crooks was surprised, because usually no one came in the room to talk to him, but “Lenny smiled helplessly in attempt to make friends” (68). The two discuss for a while. I noticed how much Crooks opened up to Lenny, and tried to explain to Lenny why it wasn’t okay for him to go to the bunk house, live in there, or even socialize with the other workers. I really think that Lenny was the first person to really “Listen” to Crooks in a long time, so Crooks really lets loose on Lenny, and is even complaining to him. Crooks even complains to Lenny about his crooked back. Lenny is different than the other workers, he doesn’t understand the social scale, and doesn’t understand why people stay away from others. If he wasn’t different he would try to avoid friendship with Crooks, the low end of the social scale. I’m also surprised Lenny even went to the room, because his mind was set on petting his pup “I come to see my pup” (69). Yet he ended up in Crooks’s room. Because he is too nice, he socializes with Crooks which most men wouldn’t do that. Crooks and Lenny, are quite the same for many reasons. The two make a good team, but Lenny still doesn’t know why Crooks is different. Lenny and Crooks could probably lead to problems, but it is good for Lenny to make another ally.