Candy Flashcards
First description of outward appearance - emphasis on age and weakness
“tall, stoop-shouldered old man” ; lost his right hand
C’ relationship with his dog like G’s relatioship with Lennie: antidote to loneliness
“a drag-footed sheep dog, gray of muzzle and with pale, blind old eyes”
A guy on a ranch … , this reassures George
“A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ast no questions.”
Curley’s wife
“Well, I think Curley’s married …a tart.”
Chapter three - parallels to his dog
“When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me.”
It would take little to revitalise Candy, whilst planning the ranch he is
“grinning with delight”
Candy speaks his “greatest fear” :
“You an’ me can get that little place, can’t we, George?
Directs his anger at the corpse of Curley’s wife
“You God damn tramp (…) Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up.”