Prejudice
By Maren and Emma
Racial
 Crooks: because Crooks is black the farmers have
a racial prejudice against him.
 Racism was common in this time. With the Civil
Rights Movement soon approaching.
 He feels unwelcome in their living spaces and
does not like having them in his rooms
 "…You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in
the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my
room."
"Why ain’t you wanted?" Lennie asked.
"’Cause I’m black…"
 "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you
couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy
'cause you was black.”
 This quote comments on the exclusion that
Crooks feels from the others on the farm.
 George patted a wrinkle out of his bed, and sat
down. "The boss gave the stable buck hell?" he
asked.
"Sure. Ya see the stable buck’s a nigger.“
Lennie and George’s
Relationship
 It is assumed that George is using Lennie. That he
makes him work and then takes his money because
Lennie is less intelligent and seldom answers.
 “Say – what you sellin’?”
“Huh?”
“I said what stake you got on this guy? You takin’
his pay away from him?”
 It is rare that two men travel together in these hard
times. This quote is from a conversation between the
boss and George about Lennie and shows how
sceptical the boss is towards their situation.
Sexism
Curley’s Wife
• Doesn't get a name throughout the novel
• Is made out to be a tart and a rattrap
• Can only get attention by being flirtatious
with the men
• Is not allowed to do as she pleases on the
ranch
“Ranch ain’t no place for
a girl”
Novel as a Whole
Although the prejudices are never addressed or consciously noted the
victims of prejudice are still included as a part of the ranch.
Sexism
•
It shows the limitations of rights for women in the novel in relation to the
context.
Racism

Even though they discriminate against Crooks’ race they still talk kindly of
him.
Lennie and George

It shows the doubts that people have in the stability of relationships
between men because of the pressures in this time, such as the American
Dream .