Inequality article- Erika Webb

                          Inequality in "Of Mice and Men"

                                                        by: Erika Webb

It's no secret that not everyone had been treated equally on the ranch. In their day and time inequality was a huge problem and the book, "Of Mice and Men", demonstrates that extremely well. The way Curley's wife and Crooks were treated were examples of how women and African American's were poorly treated.
                      
Curley's wife was looked down upon. The men didn't want anything to do with her because they feared she would get them into trouble. They called her degrading names such as tart, and jailbait..

 Crooks had to live alone because the men didn't want to associate with a black man. All the men lived together while Crooks lived alone. While the men were out having fun, he was in his room reading.

In the world they lived in inequality was something that held the society back. Women are powerful and a lot of good advantages could have come about if the men associated with Curley's wife. Crooks was a good man, and the men didn't treat him like the hard worker he was. Neither of them deserved the hatred that they received.