Steinbeck presents Candy as an old man who has no one to talk to or keep him company, besides the dog. To him, the dog was more than an animal that struggled; it was a companion to share life with. When Carlson is talking to Candy he offers to kill his dog, Candy refused to answer. Candy stuck, and finally gave in to Carlson’s requests. He had the dog his whole life and now it was gone.…
John Steinbeck lived his life through a time of crisis and desperation, and his personal opinions were reflected through his writings and displayed to the public. By the time that John Steinbeck published the novella Of Mice and Men, he was already a well-known author and writer. Before he published Of Mice and Men he published a series of short comedies entitled Tortilla Flat published in 1935. The seriousness and vulgarity of Of Mice and Men was quite a shock to the fans and frequent readers of Steinbeck’s work. Steinbeck’s work Of Mice and Men is one of the most commonly read books in high schools across America; it also happens to be one of the most banned books in America, due to the discrimination and all around obscenity of the novella.…
On character who is introduced within this section is Candy. candy is the handyman at the ranch and lost his right arm. Candy can be related to George as both characters come off as caring towards other people. On the other hand the owner of the ranch Curley is a young man who can be related to Lennie. Both Lennie and Curley take actions too quickly and don't foresee the consequences which results in them coming off as arrogant.…
The death of Candy’s dog foreshadows Lennie’s death, which symbolizes the death of innocence. This loss of innocence represents the people who had to abandon their regular life to find jobs…
The book, “Of Mice And Men”, by John Steinbeck Is a thrilling book that resembles the hard physical and mental strain migrant workers go through on the ranch. The Central idea, “ A person must be loyal to others to be honorable” shows great importance in this Historical fiction novel. The first scene that talks about this central idea is on page 61 when George is telling Candy about his plan to own a house. Candy is forced to show Loyalty when George tells him about their plan, “ Don’t tell nobody about it, jus’ us three and no one else”.…
Candy’s dog was a herder for him who helped Candy for mostly all of his life. After he reluctantly agrees for Carlson, a man who also works at the ranch, to shoot his dog, “For a moment he continued to stare at the ceiling, then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent” (49). Candy is contemplating his decision, as portrayed in the quote. This gives an idea of how Steinbeck gave into isolation because of guilt and shame. This becomes loneliness as the isolation separates Candy from the activity of the other men.…
To what extent does Steinbeck present George’s decision to shoot Lennie as inevitable? In this essay I will be talking about how far Steinbeck goes to present George’s decision to shoot Lennie as inevitable. I believe that through the majority of the novel Steinbeck used different methods such as foreshadowing and cyclical structures to show how George’s decision to shoot Lennie was inevitable.…
Candy is an older man who is a worker nearing his time to retire. He expresses these concerns to George by saying, “They’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunk houses they’ll put me on the county” (Steinbeck 60). Candy knows that once he reaches the age where he is no longer able to work, he will be fired and forced to be on his own, struggling for a place to stay. The tough and competitive field of work they are in are no place for an older man like Candy, the dream of the ranch reflects the nice characteristics he has.…
The author’s direct comment of Candy being old, establishes that he is only identified by his age and not even his qualities. Steinbeck does not even identify Candy’s name until 18 pages after he is introduced, and it occurs through one character speaking of Candy’s dog when he uses his name, not even referring to Candy himself. This dog of his was an old, stinky, and weak (handicapped) dog that drove the other men insane with his smell and lack of usefulness. The other men shot and killed the dog to get him out of the way and relieve the burden it held on itself and Candy. To them, the dog was just taking up space.…
All he does is travel with his dog, play with his dog, and talk to his dog. Not very often do you hear that Candy is talking to anyone, he is just a lonely old man with one hand and a smelly dog. After crooks shot his dog, he felt even lonelier because his best friend was just killed, he felt that he didn’t belong. When Lennie and George told him about their dream farm, without hesitation, Candy was into the plan. It took no convincing, Candy was just in the plan.…
Upon arriving at the ranch, Candy is the first person who Lennie and George encounter and interact with. As Lennie and George arrive, Candy is almost immediately added into the scene and helps to direct them in a direction that helps them to become familiar and overall more comfortable. Candy also shares his experiences with as well as his thoughts of various people on the ranch. These interactions created a view of Candy that caused me to perceive his character to be that of significant importance. Moreover, through continued conversation Candy seems to be one that Lennie and George can easily connect with.…
Candy is a swamper on the farm that Lennie and George work at, he’s usually seen with his old dog that goes everywhere with him. The two were inseparable, until Candy is convinced by the other workers that the dog just isn’t good anymore and he gives his beloved dog up to be shot. After this tragic moment Candy spirals into a depression and experiences loneliness in full affect, until he overhears Lennie and George’s dream to own their own land and gives up nearly everything he has just to get rid of his crippling loneliness. Candy explains,“S’pose I went in with you guys.…
But rather than express the dynamics of youth in the workforce dominating over the old through Candy, Steinbeck disguises this matter through Candy’s dog in comparison to Slim’s new pups. The group kills off the dog because it is weak and holds no value and the idea of replacing it with a newer pup makes since because it is grand in potential, Candy’s dogs potential has already been tapped there is nothing efficient for it to do making its value diminish. Also the scene of Slim casually drowning five of the nine pups due to limited resources shows society 's acceptance of survival of the fittest. And in Steinbeck’s world there is no room for the innocent. That is why in the ending scene Lennie’s reciting of the dream is significant because as soon as George pulls the trigger that is Steinbeck’s way to say that such lavish dreams do not belong in reality but is merely wishful thinking to comfort…
The underlying central theme of Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is that often what we want is different from what we end up doing, which Steinbeck develops through the misfortunes of the novella’s characters. George and Lennie, the main characters of the book, fit perfectly in the theme, because from the very beginning the pair have wanted to own a farm yet deep down George knows it’s impossible and ends up never succeeding in buying/owning land for them. George tells Candy, “...I think I knowed we’d never do her” (Steinbeck 94). In the quote George is explaining to Candy about the situation with the farm him, Candy, and Lennie were going to try to buy. The book explicitly shows these characters are migrant workers, most of whom want to…
ⅠOf Mice and Men’s Theme on Friendship II.A) A strong relationship with a friend may be hard to control and complex, but a struggle in a strong friendship will either break the friendship or strengthen the friendship. D)Two men named George and Lennie are migrant workers, who travel together to a new ranch job, they work on the ranch to make money for their own farm. One conflict in Of Mice and Men is Man versus Man. In regard to the internal conflict, George feels responsible for Lennie and his wellbeing.…