Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck, is a literary novel set during the Great Depression. It’s about two migrant workers on a ranch in Soledad, California. The two, running from Weed fled to a new town with nothing good in store for them. Steinbeck illustrates the motif of loneliness in Of Mice and Men more evidently within Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy with loss and detachment from society. Firstly, Crooks is a man whose loneliness begins from the color of his skin, while having no family and no one to confide in, the other men single him out due to his race. Crooks has lived in the barn on his own for quite a while, his tidiness and belongings show his maturity and intelligence. Crooks’ detachment is directly tied to his race, and that …show more content…
They had been together for what seemed like forever; his dog was like his best friend, his companion, and his strength to his weakness. Candy was afraid of being alone, and having no purpose. All he simply wishes for is not to die alone, useless, and sad. Candy was weak, old, and disabled. He had no friends at the ranch, everyone just came and went. He soon realized that as he gets older he becomes less and less of value, making him not of any service. Carlson shot Candy’s dog because he and the others claimed it was old, useless, and smelly. This made Candy think and wish that he would die just as the dog did because, like the dog, he was old and useless Steinbeck writes, “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” (Steinbeck 60). Candy was desperate and hopeless, he knew that similar to his dog he would sooner or later be unwanted. He was different from the rest, he wasn't real close with any of the other men and he couldn’t work as hard as they did. He was lonely, given that he never felt like he was stable, in spite of that his dog had filled that hole for him, but without it, he was nothing but
The rest of the men in the bunk house either had a mutual agreement or left the situation alone. In this case, the workers felt like Candy's dog was in pain, not knowing the situation well. Candy's dog was the only family Candy had left, the dog reminded Candy of himself, and the act of killing the dog had mentally scarred Candy for as long as he will live. Candy's
Candy's dog eventually gets shot for no reason, other than the fact that the others do not like him. The dog was hated by the other men living on the farm. The sense of feeling that others do not like you is one of the main contributes to lonliness in the world today. Steinbeck attempts to allow readers to recognize this, and change their actions and words towards others to prevent this lonely state in
When Carlson shot Candy’s dog, Candy began to see himself in his dog. He began to see how alone he is, and started to believe that he was useless. Candy had a very hard time dealing with being lonesome after the passing of his dog. This created an idea in his head that in the near future he would be all on his own, with no job, and nowhere to go. Candy had been working on the ranch for a very long time, and during that time he had lost his hand.
(Chapter 3, page 61). This proves how Candy was distraught about his dog, and hopes and dreams can help with
Thus he is stuck in a ugly circle of lonely isolation. Candy also experiences internal conflicts. He struggles with self worth similar to Crooks. In Chapter 3 of the novella Candy’s dog and only companion was shot due to the fact that he was quite old and no longer considered valuable by the group. Candy was very distraught about the death of his only friend and said “You seen what they done to my dog tonight?
Luke McFarlane and Evelyn Rygielski Mr. Rothey Honors College Prep English 9 - 7/8 20 January 2023 Final OMAM Lit Analysis John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a classic by any standard, tying together literary elements such as motifs and symbols to capture the hardship brought on by the Great Depression. Steinbeck achieves this level of clarity regarding the Great Depression by focusing on a farm in California with a variety of complex characters, each with their own aspirations and goals. Of these literary elements and complex characters, Steinbeck presents isolation as a cycle that persists with circumstance and behavior, broken only by true friendship, through the characters of Lennie, George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife.
The dog was Candy’s only friend but since his dog got shot, he becomes more lonely than he was before. Candy’s mood lifts when George tells him that he can join them when they go to live on a ranch. The reason all the men want to accomplish this dream is because they want to live a good life, and not live in a place where they don’t feel comfortable living
First off, Candy loved his dog, he had it with him since he was a pup. He was his best friend, but he smelled awful and was far too old. Carlson knew this and was pressuring Candy to let him put the old dog down, but Candy would not give in. He then saw everyone staring at him and gave in (Steinbeck, 47). Candy became very lonely and sad without his old pup, he would not talk to anyone, he would just lay in his bunk looking at the ceiling.
In the story Candy and his dog are companions. Candy had his dog for a long time just like how Lennie and George have been together for a long time. Just like how George and Lennie have been traveling together Candy looks to his dog because he is lonely. At the ranch they look at the dog as a burden because in the story they say “That dog of Candy's is so God damn old he can't hardly walk. Stinks like hell, too.”
As a result of Lennie killing Curley’s Wife, Candy's hope has been fated, and now dislikes Curley’s Wife because he knows that he has a slim chance of achieving his dream with Lennie and George. If Curley’s Wife didn’t die, they could have saved up for their dream. Even tho his he has a slim chance of getting his dream he still has a bit of hope left. Furthermore, Candy wanted better closure with his dog. When Carlson kills Candy’s dog Candy regrets letting him and he thinks “‘[he] shouldn’t ought to let no stranger shout my dog’”(Steinbeck 61).
Body Paragraph I 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.
In this chapter, the dog of the character, Candy, dies after being shot by another character, Carlson. This leaves Candy feeling extremely lonely. On page 45, Candy states “Well-hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup.
Candy did not want to lose his dog because he had been with his dog for a long time, and that
To better understand the novella Of Mice and Men, the background of the story must be elaborated. The setting of the story takes place in the Salinas Valley, California during the The Great Depression in the 1930s. John Steinbeck, the author, tells about the protagonist, George, and the antagonist, Lennie, and their journey of constantly finding new work to pursue George’s dream to own his farm and “live off the fatta the
The only thing that has been with Candy through everything is his dog, he lost his hand, his youth and now his beloved dog. Candy is left with nothing but himself, and because he doesn’t say much to anyone he has few