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Candy
- Lonely/ isolated
- Judged because of his age and physical stability e.g by Curley's wife, she makes him feel useless
- Had a long true friendship with his dog
but now the dog is dead, he feels
alone
- The old, frail dog was a mirror image of him,
now he feels he may get "canned" too
- Excited by the dream, but when Lennie/ Curley's
wife dash their hopes he is sad again and even
yells at her dead body
- Judged because of his age and physical stability e.g by Curley's wife, she makes him feel useless
- Foreshadows Lennie's death
- His dog's death foreshadows
Lennie's death, they are both
shot in the same way and with
the same gun (Carlson's gun)
- Confides to George about his regret, wishes he
killed the dog himself. His words influence
George's decision to shoot Lennie out of love
Annotations:
- "I ought to have shot that dog myself, George. I didn't ought to have let no stranger shoot my dog."
- Deaths progress in a hierarchy, from a mouse (at the
start, in Lennie's pocket) to a dog, to humans. 2 animal
deaths mirror 2 human deaths.
- Both deaths are mercy killings and are both
sanctioned by Slim, who seems to have the highest
authority on the ranch.
- Candy was powerless to stop his dog's death
like George is powerless to stop Lennie's
- Lennie is often
described as an
animal, so the dog
dying foreshadows
another 'animal'
death
- His dog's death foreshadows
Lennie's death, they are both
shot in the same way and with
the same gun (Carlson's gun)
- A gossip
- Talks about Slim, Crooks,
Curley and his wife and
the boss. Gives his
opinions on them, mostly
negative except for Slim
- He gossips, but because
he is lonely he is pleased
to have people to talk to
- He gossips, but because
he is lonely he is pleased
to have people to talk to
- Talks about Slim, Crooks,
Curley and his wife and
the boss. Gives his
opinions on them, mostly
negative except for Slim
- Philosophical
- Knows human nature, gives an insight
into why Curley is so aggressive
Annotations:
- "Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy."
- Is appreciative of the boss,
respectful of him and Slim
- Fair-minded of the boss, opinionated
- Knows human nature, gives an insight
into why Curley is so aggressive
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