Candy Do you know what it is like to be useless when everyone else around you is working hard? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, this is what Candy goes through. Candy has a broken hand and is too old to be productive on the ranch. He will be kicked off the ranch sooner or later. Candy, the old men in Of Mice and Men, can be described as a useless, joyous and caring person. Candy can be considered unproductive as he does not work on the ranch anymore. Candy isn’t as strong as he once used to be. He also has a broken hand which disables him to do a lot of stuff. Steinbeck writes, “Candy said, “I ain’t much good with on’y one hand. I lost my hand right here on this ranch,” (59). The last thing is that he never goes to town when the rest of the guys go to town. Candy just is not what he used to be which is why he can be called unproductive. Even though he is one nice old feller, he is too old to be productive anymore on the ranch. Another adjective Candy can
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He may be disabled and unproductive but at the end of the day he still cares for others and helps them out. Candy, the old men in Of Mice and Men, can be described as a useless, joyous and caring person. It would have been really nice to see Candy get his dream of living on the new ranch with Lennie and George. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to in the story because of Lennie killing Curley’s wife. Even after Lennie dies, George and Candy could’ve got the ranch, but we will never know because the book ends. Candy deserves to achieve his dream for all the good that he does in the story. He has clearly been through alot so it would have been really cool to see him live out the rest of his life relaxing on the new ranch. What would have happened if John Steinbeck chose to keep going on with the story even after Lennie’s death? Would Candy and George still get the ranch even without Lennie? That’s the great thing about novels. We as readers will likely never know the final
He may be disabled and unproductive but at the end of the day he still cares for others and helps them out. Candy, the old men in Of Mice and Men, can be described as a useless, joyous and caring person. It would have been really nice to see Candy get his dream of living on the new ranch with Lennie and George. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to in the story because of Lennie killing Curley’s wife. Even after Lennie dies, George and Candy could’ve got the ranch, but we will never know because the book ends. Candy deserves to achieve his dream for all the good that he does in the story. He has clearly been through alot so it would have been really cool to see him live out the rest of his life relaxing on the new ranch. What would have happened if John Steinbeck chose to keep going on with the story even after Lennie’s death? Would Candy and George still get the ranch even without Lennie? That’s the great thing about novels. We as readers will likely never know the final