Less than the white people, which is less than $50 a month.
Crooks is paid the same wage as the other ranch workers, which is about $50 a month, plus room and board. However, he is segregated from the other workers because of his race and lives in isolation in his own quarters.
Crooks was born in California. He reveals this information during a conversation with Lennie in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
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The name of the black farmhand in "Of Mice and Men" is Crooks. He is segregated from the other workers on the ranch and faces discrimination due to his race.
Crooks did not have any brothers in "Of Mice and Men." He is the only African-American worker on the ranch and faces segregation and isolation from the other workers.
Crooks, the stable buck in "Of Mice and Men," is pleased to have visitors because he is lonely due to the segregation he faces on the ranch as a Black man. Visitors provide him with much-needed human interaction and a break from his isolated existence in the barn.
The black man in "Of Mice and Men" is named Crooks. He is the stable hand on the ranch where the story takes place. Crooks faces discrimination and isolation due to his race.
In John Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men," Crooks is only known by his last name. His full name is not provided in the text.
There are two film versions of the novel "Of Mice and Men" one made in 1992 and in 1939, Crooks is played by Joe Morton (1992) and by Leigh Whipper (1939).
The two main characters in "Of Mice and Men" are George Milton and Lennie Small.
Crooks, the stable hand, occupies the bunkhouse in "Of Mice and Men." He is segregated from the other ranch workers due to his race and is also disabled due to a past injury.