Crooks has come into the picture

On part four, of Mice and Men Crooks finally came into the picture. John Steinbeck described him by saying, "his body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. His lean face was lined with deep black wrinkles, and he had thin, pain-tightened lips which were lighter than his face" (67). While most of the men were out, Lennie stayed "home" to play with the pups. While Lennie was on his way to the barn, he noticed a light on in crooks room. Being the curious fellow he is, he decided to go up and see what's going on. This is when he finds Crooks "Noiselessly Lennie appeared in the doorway . . . For a moment Crooks did not see him, but on raising his eyes he stiffened and a scowl came in his face" (68). Right after Crooks saw Lennie he was furious. I noticed that Crooks was very defensive about Lennie being in his room, and I wonder if it's because he doesn't want to get in trouble, hasn't had many interactions with people which made him nervous, or because he holds a grudge gained Lennie for playing with the pups? After Crooks got more comfortable with Lennie I noticed that he really opened up to him about his child hood, which reminds me a lot about George really opened up to slim. I really see a potential friendship between Lennie and Crooks, which could possibly lead to a lot of trouble for Lennie. Throughout the time Lennie and Crooks are talking, Lennie keeps bringing up the rabbits. "'We're gonna have rabbits an' a berry patch" . . . "You'er nuts." Crooks was scornful"' (73-74) I believe that Crooks got very irritated when Lennie was explaining how he's going to tend the rabbits and have all this land, because Crooks knew that he was not allowed to have any land, no matter what because of his race. Later when Candy joins, Crooks offers to work on their land when they finally get it, but moments later takes back what he said. I think that he changed his mind because he either didn't believe that George, Lennie, and Candy would actually get the land, or he was to embraced that he would not be allowed to live there as well; and be friends with all of them.