Candy

Question 1

Dog being Shot

Answer 1

• The first of Candy’s key moments is the inevitable loneliness he knows will occur when his dog dies
• '’Why’n’t you shoot him, Candy?’ The old man squirmed uncomfortably.’
• His dog is his best friend. Candy doesn’t want to shoot his dog because he knows that he will be lonely without it.
• “why ‘n’t you shoot him, Candy?’
• The others don’t understand Candy’s friendship with his dog. They just want to get rid of the dog because they think it is useless
• reflects societies views on those who are disabled, that they are useless and should be put to death
• ready feels sympathy for Candy because no one else understands him

Question 2

Represents old people in the depression

Answer 2

• He recognises that he will get fired and stop working, a bit like his dog
• ‘When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me.’
• He’d rather be dead than endure being homeless in his last years of life
• “shoot” suggests he compares himself to his dog. His without his dog makes him want to die
• old people in Great Depression
• scares the contemporary reader: he is a victim of the Great Depression, if things don’t change, this is their future

Question 3

Broken plans

Answer 3

• The last of his key moments is when his loneliness has built up and manifested itself in frustration
• “He looked helplessly at Curley’s wife and gradually his sorrow and his anger grew into words’
• He acts out of character, calling her a ‘Goddamn tramp’
• “he looked helplessly” suggests that his loneliness has broken him down
• proves Crooks quote when he says ‘i tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick’.
• Surprises reader: Candy acting selfish and only caring about his dream, contrasts him at the start