Candy Flashcards
How is Candy first presented?
“Tall, stoop shouldered old man.”
How did his job as a swamped on the ranch become permanent?
He lost his right hand in an accident, which made him disabled
What does the quote “tall, stoop shouldered old man” suggest about his character?
Hopelessness and old age
What’s different between Candy and the other workers?
He isn’t a migrant worker
What does Candy’s character represent?
Social discrimination based on age and disability
Why does Candy suffer discrimination?
Because of his age and disability
Why did he loose his hand on the ranch?
Because health and safety standards were poor in 1930s America
Why doesn’t Candy receive healthcare for his “gut ache”?
Because he wouldn’t have been able to afford the bills. (as was the case for many people during the Great Depression).
Why is he more powerless than the other workers?
He has the lowest-ranking job on the ranch
What does Candy’s inability to stop the men from shooting his dog show about him as a character?
It’s a reflection of his lack of power against the other men
What’s Candy’s fear about his job?
That once he’s no longer able to help with the cleaning, he will be ‘canned’ and ‘disposed of’.
What quote is used to show that Candy wants to avoid the fate of an elderly, disabled, poor man?
“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.”
What’s Candy’s dog to Candy?
His friend and companion
Which quote is used to show his dog’s long friendship with him?
“I had ‘im since he was a pup”
How does the death of Candy’s dog connect to migrant workers’ relationships?
They didn’t have the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships (the men didn’t understand the relationship with the dog).
What quote explains why Candy offers all his money to George and Lennie?
“I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing”.
What quote shows there’s no way out of loneliness for Candy?
“They’ll can me purty soon… I won’t have no place to go”.
Which quote shows Candy gains comfort and hope to end his loneliness from his new friends?
“We gonna do it… Me and Lennie and George”.
When does Candy start to gain hope in his life?
When he overhears George and Lennie’s plans for a place of their own.
How does he show how desperate he is to achieving their dream?
He offers all of the money he had saved to George and Lennie to turn their dream into something achievable.
Which quote explains Candy’s offer to the dream apart from his money?
“I ain’t much good, but i could cook and tend the chickens”.
What quote is used to show that the tree of them found a way out?
“This thing they had never believed in was coming true.”
What ends the dream for Candy, George, and Lennie? And why?
Curley’s Wife’s death, as Candy realises he is no closer to achieving the American Dream - exposing it as a lie.
What does Candy allow Steinbeck to expose in the novel?
Social discrimination in the 1930s based on age and handicaps.
