Of Mice and Men (Between the Lines)

What does the Crooks' room look like? How does it smybolize him?

Crooks' room really isn't a room. It's a small little area, its a place where ranchers store farming equipment. The room is filled with all the stuff Crooks has collected in his life. Therefore, the room is symbolic. Crooks is not considered a man by the people on the farm. He's just a piece of equipment. That's why he's out in the barn with all the other pieces of equipment, and that's why he's bent over like an old, broken down piece of equipment. Crooks, understandably, becomes excited about the possibility of joining the George/Lenny farm because he thinks that maybe he'll finally have a room to call his own, and he'll finally be accepted as an equal. The room truly represents how trapped Crooks is in his life, and how little others regard him.