Steinbeck uses Candy to show that age or disabilities should not determine a person's value. In the book, all of the men think Candy is weak just because of his disability. They also think he’s lazy and doesn’t want to do anything because he uses his disability as an excuse. Candy and his dog are like George and Lennie in a way. Candy can be compared to George because helps others by leading them in the right direction. The dog that Candy had for years is like Lennie because he needs guidance to go down the right path. The men on the ranch also discriminate against Lennie because of his mental disability. This is because he acts like a child and is unusually strong. George gets frustrated with Lennie a lot because of his forgetfulness due
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He became injured by working on the ranch and getting his hand caught in a machine, but that didn’t stop him. It might have slowed him down at first, but he got right back out there and worked as hard as he possibly could. He even volunteered to go help out Lennie and George when they get enough money to purchase their own farm and be their own bosses. Candy goes into detail on how he wants to help them and how he can do the little things. “S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some” (Steinbeck 59). He doesn’t feel like he belongs on the ranch because he can’t do what all the other men can do it impacts the way the men see him. He wants to leave the ranch because of the way the men have treated him, and because he has nowhere else to go when the boss fires him. “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs” (Steinbeck 222). One of Candy’s biggest fears is that when he won’t be able to clean anymore they will “dispose” of him. It’s kind of like when Carlson shot his dog in chapter 3 because the dog was “no good”. “Look, Candy. …show more content…
He had two heart attacks, three strokes, and it made his left arm not being able to work. It effected his brain a little bit, but he was perfectly capable of being able to work. Some people get impacted greatly by it, but he became disabled in the late 90’s, and he never got a job after this situation happened. My mom has even told me that he is perfectly capable of getting a job even if the job wasn’t the best paying. My mother worked three jobs at one point because she had to support a family of four and she was amazing at it. Although, he tries his hardest to help out around the house, he wants to be able to do things by himself, and sometimes he can’t but he doesn’t want to admit it. He doesn’t understand that it’s ok to need help. Candy relates a lot to some people because he works hard to accomplish goals. Candy works as hard as he can everyday to show the men on the ranch that just because you have a disability that shouldn’t define you in what you do. Throughout the book Candy and his dog, and George and Lennie foreshadow each other. Especially when Candy’s dog and Lennie die. Threw the whole book they are all like each other. Lennie and Candy’s dog have a disability, Candy and George are the ones that help and lead them. In this whole book it shows how people with disabilities have challenges and can over come them. Age doesn’t have anything to do with achieving your goals and working hard. Candy
He became injured by working on the ranch and getting his hand caught in a machine, but that didn’t stop him. It might have slowed him down at first, but he got right back out there and worked as hard as he possibly could. He even volunteered to go help out Lennie and George when they get enough money to purchase their own farm and be their own bosses. Candy goes into detail on how he wants to help them and how he can do the little things. “S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some” (Steinbeck 59). He doesn’t feel like he belongs on the ranch because he can’t do what all the other men can do it impacts the way the men see him. He wants to leave the ranch because of the way the men have treated him, and because he has nowhere else to go when the boss fires him. “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs” (Steinbeck 222). One of Candy’s biggest fears is that when he won’t be able to clean anymore they will “dispose” of him. It’s kind of like when Carlson shot his dog in chapter 3 because the dog was “no good”. “Look, Candy. …show more content…
He had two heart attacks, three strokes, and it made his left arm not being able to work. It effected his brain a little bit, but he was perfectly capable of being able to work. Some people get impacted greatly by it, but he became disabled in the late 90’s, and he never got a job after this situation happened. My mom has even told me that he is perfectly capable of getting a job even if the job wasn’t the best paying. My mother worked three jobs at one point because she had to support a family of four and she was amazing at it. Although, he tries his hardest to help out around the house, he wants to be able to do things by himself, and sometimes he can’t but he doesn’t want to admit it. He doesn’t understand that it’s ok to need help. Candy relates a lot to some people because he works hard to accomplish goals. Candy works as hard as he can everyday to show the men on the ranch that just because you have a disability that shouldn’t define you in what you do. Throughout the book Candy and his dog, and George and Lennie foreshadow each other. Especially when Candy’s dog and Lennie die. Threw the whole book they are all like each other. Lennie and Candy’s dog have a disability, Candy and George are the ones that help and lead them. In this whole book it shows how people with disabilities have challenges and can over come them. Age doesn’t have anything to do with achieving your goals and working hard. Candy