“Maybe tomorra, let’s wait til tomorra’”
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Tries to delay his dogs death -
“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog”
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Deep regret and guilt over allowing Carlson to shoot his dog and not doing it himself.
Shows helplessness when he realises he should have choose his dog’s fate himself.
Foreshadows Lennie death - and George killing Lennie because he didn’t want him to suffer
“When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me.”
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Shows candys deep fear of becoming useless/ others realising he’s less cabable as he gets older and can’t do his work as well as the rest.
Shows vulnerability and anxiety about his future so he tries to make himself small.
Compares himself to his dog
“Out of the sleeve came a round stick like wrist with no hand”
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Shows his disability and why he’s occasionally isolated from some of the other hands and why he’s unable to work properly.
desperation and eagerness to join George and Lennie’s dream of owning a farm so he has security and doesn’t have to worry about being sacked.
“He looked helplessly at Curley’s wife and gradually his sorrow and his anger grew into words”
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Candys true emotions - shows selfishness of being angry that his dreams shattered instead of the thought of someone he knows dying.
His dreams were impossible to obtain after Curley’s wife died as Lennie was inevitably going to die after.
“A tall stoop-shouldered old man came in”
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Contrast of the young workers yet they all do the same work no matter differences.
He makes himself small to not draw attention to himself so he doesn’t get sacked and people notice he’s not as good as work as others.
- Contrast of tall and stoop-shouldered.
Also emphasises he’s old yet is still working
