Candy

• 'tall, stoop shouldered old man.' His age affects him and he is physically weak
• 'lost his right hand' Lost something important for a migrant worker
• 'a drag-footed sheepdog, grey of muzzle and with pale, blind old eyes' He is described through his dog: shows his relationship with the dog
• 'Candy' links to 'candid' - means frank, truthful, straightforward, sincere
• "I ought to have shot that dog myself" Men at the time should carry their own deeds - foreshadows George & Lennie
• 'squirmed uncomfortably' His dog is his company & his friend so he doesn't want to kill him
• "a pretty nice fella" Candy is nice about the boss because the boss let him work despite being old
• "I ain't got no relatives nor nothin" After his dog died, he has no one
• "Tell ya what Lennie I been figuring out about those rabbits" Newfound excitement about the dream
• "lousy tart" Use of bitter language because his dream is dying because of Lennie killing Curley's wife
• 'The swamper warmed to his gossip' Widespread
• 'Old Candy slowly turned over. His eyes were wide open' The dream resurrect Candy
• 'Candy lay still' We see Candy as a corpse: same fate as his dog
• 'He shrivelled and his voice shook' Candy turns into an old man again after Curley's wife dies with his dreams
• 'Rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent' Helplessness of the weakest people in society when confronting prejudices
• "When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me" Aware of his doomed fate
• 'Candy joined the attack with joy' Revenge from the weak
• "That bitch didn't ought to of said that to you" Sympathy towards Crooks: racism might be correctable because kindness is present
• "I'd make a will and leave my share to you guys in case I kick off" Desperation for belonging