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Candy Flashcards

1
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How is Candy first presented?

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“Tall, stoop shouldered old man.”

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How did his job as a swamped on the ranch become permanent?

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He lost his right hand in an accident, which made him disabled

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What does the quote “tall, stoop shouldered old man” suggest about his character?

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Hopelessness and old age

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What’s different between Candy and the other workers?

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He isn’t a migrant worker

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What does Candy’s character represent?

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Social discrimination based on age and disability

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Why does Candy suffer discrimination?

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Because of his age and disability

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Why did he loose his hand on the ranch?

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Because health and safety standards were poor in 1930s America

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Why doesn’t Candy receive healthcare for his “gut ache”?

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Because he wouldn’t have been able to afford the bills. (as was the case for many people during the Great Depression).

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Why is he more powerless than the other workers?

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He has the lowest-ranking job on the ranch

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What does Candy’s inability to stop the men from shooting his dog show about him as a character?

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It’s a reflection of his lack of power against the other men

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What’s Candy’s fear about his job?

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That once he’s no longer able to help with the cleaning, he will be ‘canned’ and ‘disposed of’.

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What quote is used to show that Candy wants to avoid the fate of an elderly, disabled, poor man?

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“You seen what they done to me dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody els. When they can me here i wisht somebody’d shoot me.”

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What’s Candy’s dog to Candy?

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His friend and companion

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Which quote is used to show his dog’s long friendship with him?

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“I had ‘im since he was a pup”

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How does the death of Candy’s dog connect to migrant workers’ relationships?

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They didn’t have the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships (the men didn’t understand the relationship with the dog).

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What quote explains why Candy offers all his money to George and Lennie?

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“I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing”.

17
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What quote shows there’s no way out of loneliness for Candy?

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“They’ll can me purty soon… I won’t have no place to go”.

18
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Which quote shows Candy gains comfort and hope to end his loneliness from his new friends?

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“We gonna do it… Me and Lennie and George”.

19
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When does Candy start to gain hope in his life?

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When he overhears George and Lennie’s plans for a place of their own.

20
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How does he show how desperate he is to achieving their dream?

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He offers all of the money he had saved to George and Lennie to turn their dream into something achievable.

21
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Which quote explains Candy’s offer to the dream apart from his money?

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“I ain’t much good, but i could cook and tend the chickens”.

22
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What quote is used to show that the tree of them found a way out?

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“This thing they had never believed in was coming true.”

23
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What ends the dream for Candy, George, and Lennie? And why?

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Curley’s Wife’s death, as Candy realises he is no closer to achieving the American Dream - exposing it as a lie.

24
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What does Candy allow Steinbeck to expose in the novel?

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Social discrimination in the 1930s based on age and handicaps.

25
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What quote is used to show Candy will have nowhere to go after he’s ‘canned’?

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‘They’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as i can’t swamp our no bunk houses they’ll put me on the county”.

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How does the ‘no welfare state’ affect Candy once he’s out of his job?

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He’ll have nowhere to go and no one to look after him.

27
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What does Steinbecks repetition of “silence” indicate?

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no-one speaks out against an act of cruelty (Candy’s dog’s death).

28
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What quote conveys that the shooting of Candy’s dog shows attitudes towards the elderly in the 1930s?

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“Whyn’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one the new pups to raise?”

29
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Why would Candy be ‘canned’ to be replaced by younger workers?

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Because able-bodied, young men were preferred to older, disabled workers.

30
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Why were the elderly vulnerable during the Great Depression?

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Because of their lack of ability to compete for work as well as the absence of a Welfare State to provide for them.

31
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What does his salvation in the dream farm when it’s shattered mean for Candy?

A

That there is no escape from his despair

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