Of Mice and Men

Why is Crooks lonely?

Curleys wife is lonely because she's a woman. Candy is lonely because of his age

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Crooks is the only black man on the ranch. He is ostracized, demeaned, and treated differently because of his race. He has no friends or companions. 

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