Comparison Of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men is a wonderful book explaining how life was like for men who worked in the 1930s. The book goes into deep detail about how the lives of the characters were on the ranch, their personalities, and difficulties that the men faced while trying to accomplish their dreams. Candy was one of the characters working on this farm in the fields as a swamper who is call the “Old Swamper.” He is an old man, who lost his hand while working on the ranch. Therefore, it made it harder for him to find work. Candy owned an old dog; the dog represented many memories of the past life before things went downhill for him. Candy knows that one day be cut off from working on the ranch and will not be able to find work. When that day comes, he does not

Candy lost his handed working on the ranch when he using a machine. Then he lost his dog to Carlson’s unbending passion to get rid of the dog, which was one of his lasts child memories, because his unwillingness to protect his dog Carlson succeeds in killing his dog. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog” (Steinbeck 61). Candy is suffering because his dog was killed, it was his security in life and the taking care of his dog was the one thing that he could do and not have to think about his disability. He feels distress, and pain because he let someone who hated his dog, kill him, and because of that he is suffering from fact that he did not give his dog a proper goodbye. In addition, this and many other examples is how Steinbeck shows suffering in the novel using Candy. Candy an old, disabled man resembles the ideas of hope, weakness, and suffering in the novel Of Mice and Men. Candy believed that he could have a new beginning to his life after he did not fight for his dog to live, and later on regrets, his decision letting someone else killing instead of himself, because of the actions and the decisions that Candy has made represents that he will stand