First described as a
‘stoop-shouldered man’
Moves like a frightened animal
‘Shuffled’
Disability
‘Stick like wrist, but now hand’
Has no say over the fate of his own dog
‘Candy looks at slim to try to find some reversal’
Disposable
‘I ain’t much good’
Likens the sheepdog to Candy’s old age
‘God he was a good sheep dog’
Reminder of candy’s disposability and likens to Lennie’s death
‘Why’n’t you get candy to shoot his old dog’
Candy being likened to his dog physically
‘stoop-shouldered’/’dragfooted sheepdog’
Justifies geroge shooting Lennie
‘I ought to of shot him myself’
Dreamer
Candy ‘leaned forward eagerly’ after hearing about the farm dream