Candy And Lennie In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Candy is presented by Steinbeck as a pitiful miserable character. Candy has lost control of his life and of his future and has been reduced by society to a gossiping cleaner. The only characterisation we receive about Candy and other characters is through their speech. Candy is given new confidence when he speaks negatively of Curley’s wife. He enjoys the audience of George and relishes the sense of power, in that he knows more about the ranch than George.

There are more than 4.6 million people in the United States that suffer from intellectual disabilities. n the book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck one of the main characters suffers from retardation.Lennie would have been better off in today's world than he was back in the 1930s.

Lennie small is a large strong, and un intelligent man. He rarely thinks for himself and can’t hold his own. He does not understand Who you can laugh at or when you can laugh which makes him not have any social awareness. Lennie also never learns throughout the course of this story. He never learns to stay away from some people. For All these reasons we are sympathetic for him.

"'No- look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me.'"

Candy is an important character in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The book begins when George and Lennie get a job on a ranch Later, Lennie kills Curley’s wife In the end of the book George kills Lennie. Throughout the book, Candy is shown to be sad, a dreamer, and friendly.

Throughout their time there Candy starts to become better friends with George and Lennie. Then he hears that he wants to join in on the farm and is willing to give up all of his money to help pay for the down payment for the farm. He only has one thing he wants. All Candy wants in return is to have his own room and to help him survive.

It was candy's addition to George and Lennie's dream that made it all happen. They needed to raise $600 for the farm and candy had the majority of the money. At this time, they were all excited because the dream was becoming a reality. Despite their enormous friendship, if they were to lose each other they would be just like one of the other lonely guys with "no one that gives a damn about." I believe that that is their greatest fear of all time, losing their friendship. However, George sometimes feels as though taking care of Lennie as a chore because Lennie can be a real handful. The strong friendship between George and Lennie is definitely a good thing however because they are the only two guys who share that it makes some of the other guys working at the ranch jealous. Crooks is one of these people who are jealous of their friendship.

In modern society we have programs to help mentally disabled people, but in 1930 they did not. This is when this book takes place and also around the year it was written. The questions this book brings up is it your own responsibility to control yourself of is it some else's? John steinbeck's Of Mice And Men takes place in the great depression in the western states. Following the two protagonists, George and Lennie as they go from ranch to ranch looking for work.

Many were out of food and water, due to their water being shut off and food not being available. About 2 million families lost their homes and became homeless, while 1 million farms were taken away from their owners. The ones who decided to stay and live in their homes and farms had to borrow water, food, clothing, and more from neighbors and strangers. A lot of families depended on one another to help through out this rough patch in history. People would line up in bread lines to collect bread for their families to eat. Some women would even bake their own bread and feed as many people as they could. If you wanted to survive during the Great Depression, you needed to help others, as well as they help you.

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie struggle to fit into society during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Lennie is mentally handicapped and has great strength, and George is a smart man who takes care of Lennie. They managed to find a job at a ranch, where they meet workers. Steinbeck portrays certain ranch hands as brave, noble, and knowledgable. By giving these characters such traits, he conveys the idea that the common man has qualities that are usually associated with the upper class by describing Slim, George, and Crooks.

Lennie is described with animal-like qualities many times throughout, Of Mice and Men. The first three times are found in the first chapter. At the time we first meet Lennie, he is being compared to a bear, "...and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws." I feel that this imagery is very important for the reader to see and be able to understand that Lennie, on his own is like an animal not truly knowing right from wrong, very simple and having a one track mind. In doing so, Mr. Steinbeck is controlling how we as the reader see and respond to Lennie and how much if any we will hold him accountable for his action.

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men both Lennie and George needed each other, whether they liked it or not. Both the characters have a conversation about how they are different from others. George starts off the conversation by saying, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.”. Lennie finishes their motto by saying, “But not us! An’ why?... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you.” (13,14). Everyone needs and has a friend, even if they do not think the have one they do, but just do not realize.

At the end of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George shoots his best friend, Lennie, in the back of the head. George killed Lennie because he believed he didn’t have many options. He loved Lennie, and in a way he felt that he was protecting Lennie from others who wanted to kill him. What he did, though, could also be seen as evil.

We all know that saver in our lives who coupons and or saves his or her money. Those same people can be smart in the way they talk and the way they display themselves to others. Who acknowledges the responsibilities of common sense and organize themselves to last longer at a job and function with ease. Without the hassle of clutter, these examples provide evidence that Candy is the smartest character.

This also shows how greatly he also wanted his dream, and he would be able to be with them on that ranch for the rest of his life. Candy was very serious about buying the ranch that he said to George “ I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, cause’ I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing. ”(SteinBeck 219)Candy had been so devoted to helping Lennie and George achieve their dream, he was willing to completely give them his money, even if we hadn’t been part of it. Candy would have used the money to help buy them the ranch anyways, but they also had to protect their plans. Candy was willing to invest his life's savings, along with the rest of his life, which was all he had, into their dream ranch, which affected the choices he made and how he interacted with