Crooks is a lively, sharp-witted, black stable-hand, who takes his name from his crooked back。 When Lennie visits him in his room, his reaction reveals this fact。 At first, he turns Lennie away, hoping to prove a point that if he, as a black man, is not allowed in white men’s houses, then whites are not allowed in his, but his desire for accompany ultimately wins out and he invites Lennie to sit with him。 Perhaps what Crooks wants more than anything else is a sense of belonging—to enjoy simple pleasures such as the right to enter the bunkhouse or to play cards with the other men。 This desire would explain why, even though he has reason to doubt George and Lennie’s talk about the farm that they want to own, Crooks cannot help but ask if there might be room for him to come along and hoe in the garden。

During the process of identity, they had a experience filled with anxiety and expectation, strong shock and great spiritual tribulation。 They expected they can remain safely, but the reality was not always so fine。 Curley’s wife usually turend up to them, and they were scared to contact with her, because Curley’s father is boss of the farm。 George often hid himself when Curley’s wife came, and Lennie accepted George’s advice that pay no attention to her, they just clear their identity is not eligible to in trouble。 At manage’s beck and call and make no noise in front of other people。 They felt spiritual anxiety when they had difficulty in identity on the new farm, 

3。3 George’s and Lennie’s and Candy’s moral anxiety 

Sigmund Freud determines that the personality includes three different elements, the id, the ego and the superego。 The id is driven by internal and basic drives and needs。 These are typically instinctual, such as hunger, thirst, and the drive for sex, or libido。 The id is driven by the pleasure principle, in that it avoids sorrow and pursues happiness。 Due to the instinctual quality of the id, it is impulsive and often unaware of implications of actions。 来;自]优Y尔E论L文W网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

In Of Mice and Men, Lennie is a fat man who loves to pet soft things, is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm, and possesses incredible physical strength。 He is totally defenseless。 He cannot avoid the dangers presented by Curley’s wife。 His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness that is more poetic and literary than realistic。 His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious as he convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible。 But he is a character whom Steinbeck sets up for disaster, a character whose innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction。 

The ego is driven by reality principle。 The ego works to balance both the id and superego。 In order to balance these, it works to achieve the id’s drive in the most realistic ways。 It intends to make id’s instinct rational and please the drives that will be beneficial to the inpidual in the long term。 It helps separate what is real, and realistic of our drives as well as being realistic about the standards that the superego sets for the inpidual。