“Candy looked a long time at Slim to try to find some reversal. And Slim gave him none. At last Candy said softly and hopelessly, "Awright—take 'im." He did not look down at the dog at all. He lay back on his bunk and crossed his arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling.” (49) In this scene the ranchers walk all over Candy and end up killing his dog because they think it is too old to be of an value. This is also how the men think of Candy. They don’t give him an option and therefore Candy is forced to let them kill this dog, who is probably his closest companion. “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs." (60) Candy is worried because he is so old and has no family. He has nowhere else to go and wouldn’t be able to find another job. In this society, Candy is portrayed as unproductive and useless due to his old
“Candy looked a long time at Slim to try to find some reversal. And Slim gave him none. At last Candy said softly and hopelessly, "Awright—take 'im." He did not look down at the dog at all. He lay back on his bunk and crossed his arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling.” (49) In this scene the ranchers walk all over Candy and end up killing his dog because they think it is too old to be of an value. This is also how the men think of Candy. They don’t give him an option and therefore Candy is forced to let them kill this dog, who is probably his closest companion. “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs." (60) Candy is worried because he is so old and has no family. He has nowhere else to go and wouldn’t be able to find another job. In this society, Candy is portrayed as unproductive and useless due to his old