In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the only black character is a farmhand named Crooks. In relation to my interpretation of L. Domina's analysis of A Raisin in the Sun, I feel that Crooks represents what African-Americans should not become in the face of racism. Crooks has been forced by the racism around him to live in pitiful conditions, subservient to the whites on the farm. I believe that by doing this, Crooks gives the whites no reason to think of him as anything other than a servant. Standing up to them would allow him to show that he is powerful, while rolling over makes him weak. This is like Walter Lee's situation, except that Walter Lee does not give in, and stands up to the racism around him.