Working all the time and ultimately lead to some sort of mishap, unfortunately, Candy had an accident and lost his hand. He has to make sure that he can still perform his job well so that he doesn't get fired. He needs a backup just in case he does get let go. George and Lennie share their dream to Candy, it is very appealing to him, he regained faith in his life that he won’t end up without a home if he were to get fired. He is willing to work for them and to pitch in so they all can have a place to stay. Candy was losing hope when he says “ Jus’ as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunkhouse they’ll put me on the country...you seen what they done to my dog tonight? they says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else… I wisht somebody’d shoot