Candy Flashcards
Physical appearance
'bristly white whiskers' 'stoop shouldered' 'old' 'tall' 'stick-like wrist but no hand'
Power status
‘weak’
‘they’ll can me purty soon’
‘useless’
‘left all the weak ones here’
Opinion of Slim
‘nice fella’
Curley’s Wife’s opinion of him
‘lousy ol’ sheep’
Relationship with George and Lennie
‘S’pose I went with you guys’
Personality
'miserable' 'weak' 'helpless' 'seemed embarrassed' 'when they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me' 'you won't tell Curley nothing I said'
Dream
‘Then-it’s all off?’
‘Everybody knowed you’d mess things up’
‘I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some’
‘Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in’
‘They fell into silence. They looked at one another, amazed’
‘grinning with delight’
‘You an me can go there an’ live nice can’t we George?’
His Dog
‘I wisht somebody’d shoot me if I got old an’ a cripple’
‘I had him from a pup’
‘why’nt you shoot him Candy?’
‘all the men except Candy watched him’
‘He ain’t no good to you, Candy. An’ he ain’t no good to himself’
Role as an outsider
‘left all the weak ones here’
‘made no attempt to enter’
‘He just sets there in the bunkhouse sharpening his pencil’
‘I been around him so much’ (his dog - it’s his only friend)
Opinion of Curley’s Wife
‘tart’
Opinion of the boss
‘a pretty nice fella’
Opinion of Curley
‘scrappy’