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pforseen
pforseen
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High School - 10th Grade

What does Crooks mean by the following remark in "Of Mice and Men": "Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land."

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Posted by pforseen on Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 5:13 PM and tagged with crooks, dream, farm, of mice and men, quote.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Crooks is a very cynical man because of the way that he has been treated during his life. Because he is a Black man, he is forced to live in a separate room on the ranch away from the other men. He reads books to pass the time but has no real relationships with the other men who work on the ranch. His cynicism has made both his belief in God and in dreams disappear. So when Lennie first tells him about the dream he and George have of a farm, Crooks simply doesn't believe it can happen. That's why he says," Nobody never gets to heaven and nobody gets no land." In other words, heaven doesn't exist for Crooks and neither do the fulfillment of dreams. He is sure Lennie and George will never achieve their dream of a farm or land.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 6:56 PM