Crooks behaves differently when Candy and Lennie was in their only but when Curley's wife came in everything changed in Crooks' mood. In the beginning when Lennie was not invited into his room,Crooks was yelling at him, telling Lennie that he has no rights to come inside a color man's room. When Lennie breaks Crook's protective mood, he invited Lennie to go in his room and not leave because he seems lonely since no one usually visit him.
Crooks emotions is plain and simple, he is always lonely since he is a coloured man, no one would talk or visit him. He was doubtful of the plan that Lennie, George, and Candy had, because he had seen so many guys like them aiming for the same goal, but never succeed. Most of the time Crooks is just lonely and he just wanted companionship.
The way Crooks wanted Lennie to stay with him shows that he doesn't want to be lonely anymore, so he invited Lennie into his room so they could talk. He felt superior or had confidence when he expressed his feelings to Candy and Lennie but when Curley's wife threatened and insulted him, he became scared and frightened.
I think there is no difference between inner thoughts and feelings and outward behaviours because it is the inner thoughts and feelings that controls the person's behaviours towards other people.
Crooks does, indeed, sound like a lonely character. In that way he is similar to Curley's wife. They are both the odd ones out at the farm. Crooks is black on a farm where color defines your placement in society and Curley's wife is the only woman surrounded by burly, rough, work men. They both, however, hide under a shell. Crooks is a scornful, contemptuous man that keeps to himself and pretends he is perfectly fine with being left out of everything. Curley's wife on the other hand is constantly butting herself into others conversations and being a teasing young woman. These two characters have numerous differences, but, in the end they are extremely similar in terms of their inner emotions.
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