Of Mice and Men ROUGH DRAFTOne of John Steinbeck's most famous works tells the story of the ongoing problems of George and Lennie, two opposing personalities who form an unexpected relationship. The book is set on a Southern farm in the 1930s, where the two friends plan to save enough money to buy their dream: a piece of land all to themselves. In the story there are several characters with "disabilities", both physical and figurative in the meaning of the word. Lennie is an ignorant, overweight gentleman, Crooks is black in a predominantly white environment, Candy is paralyzed due to an accident on the farm, and Curly's wife is accused of being overly provocative. Curly, the boss's son, often quarantines his wife in their house because he wants to keep her as his; she is a very attractive young woman on a farm with mostly male workers. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the characters in chapter 4 are brought together in Crook's room by the fact that they are all outcasts, but instead of taking the opportunity to become friends, they begin to exploit each other's handicaps and hurl insults at each other. against each other. In the short narrative, the characters in this chapter are united by their handicaps. For example, Crooks, the stable boy, is unwanted and often treated badly because of his different skin color. He explains to Lennie that "I'm not wanted in the dorm...because I'm black" [p. 68]. The other laborers don't like him and none of them want to share a room with him. As a result, he is forced to live alone in the stable in a small shack, complete with many of the tools needed to fulfill the duties of a groom. He continues to explain how alone he sometimes feels, a point that... in the center of the paper... in his circle of friends. They each take advantage of the other's disabilities and spend much of their time showering each other with insults. The characters in Chapter 4 of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men are united by the fact that they are all unwanted on the farm, but instead taking the opportunity to become friends, they begin to take advantage of each other. Before their meeting, all they have ever known was being treated poorly by others, and as a result, they respond to each other in similar ways. They have been humiliated their whole lives and jump at the opportunity to appear better than someone else. They had a truly unique opportunity to share a nurtured camaraderie made possible because they had something in common. However, they ended up hurting each other, as well as their future chances of this happening again.