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Body Paragraph In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Candy is the loneliest person because he loses his only friend which was his dog.” Look , Candy. This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head-” he leaned over and pointed, “- right there, why he’d never know what hit him”. Candy’s dog was the only thing he had left to keep him occupied he had no other friends or family. Candy is so attached to his dog that when people said that he stinks Candy doesn't notice. “ Get him outta here, Candy! I don’t know nothing that stinks as bad as an old dog. You gotta get him out.” “ I been around him so much I never notice he stinks.” When I go to other people house they have a certain smell to it and all though I notice it they might not because that's their house and they be there so much that they might not even recognize the smell.

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"I gotta think about that. We was always gonna do it by ourselves." Candy interrupted him, "I'd make a will an' leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, 'cause I ain't got no relatives or nothing”. This quote shows that Candy is isolated and lonely because he don’t even have no one to leave his money to. In this novel everyone else has at least family or other friends that they can always go to. Although I might not be completely isolated from everyone I still have my lonely moments at times and I could imagine how Candy feel majority of the

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