Favorite character

Its hard to pick a favorite out of such a lovable cast of characters. There is Lennie, the mentally handicapped, George, the cautious worker taking care of Lennie to make up for the time he almost drowned him as a joke, Curly, the overcompensating short guy, Carson, the cold but a bit dumb guy who sees nothing wrong with shooting dogs or people, and various other unsavory people. So from this motley bunch, I have to pick Crooks. Any and all bitterness or anger he has is justified by the fact that he used to have a good life, his father owned a farm and now he's reduced to living in a single room on a ranch, and he's not even allowed into some areas, thanks to the egregious racism of the others, further justifying his anger. Despite the obstacles against (being black in the great depression) he's managed to establish a somewhat stable method of living in a highly unstable atmosphere. But the best thing about his is that he's a realist, he's realizes that most dreams fail, and he was right about George and Lennie's dream. Out of everyone in the story, he was the only who really didn't lost anything, Curley's going to miss his wife, though he doesn't realize it, Carson has already lost everything, not even being able to understand the concept of friendship, Lennie's dead, Slim feels bad for George, and George lost his friend. Crooks lost nothing and now he has companions in his loneliness.