The similarities between different characters is immense. Lennie and Candy’s dog were not useful for their caretakers and potentially impacted them in a negative way. The dog was old, blind, could barely walk, and was suffering. Candy was keeping him alive is not considerate toward the life of the dog. He kept him alive for his own personal preference. The dog lived just because Candy loved him too much, but it was inevitable he would be put down because the dog was causing problems for other people which was what really led to his death. Very alike to Candy’s situation, George had to make the same decision with Lennie. Lennie is a good and strong worker, but he causes a lot of problems for not only himself, but for George as well.. George and Candy share a similarity by showing compassion toward their “children”. George could have just left Lennie at any time and traveled on his …show more content…
Candy was basically forced to put down his dog because he was dying and feeling every bit of pain. Others told him that he should finally just shoot the dog and bury him because it would be wrong to continue to let the dog suffer. George had a similar situation. The dog symbolizes Lennie when Candy says to George “I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog” (61). This foreshadows the story to when George kills Lennie instead of letting him get shot and maybe tortured by the people in the ranch. He did not want Lennie to go through torture anymore as Candy did not want his dog too. The difference between Candy and George though, is that George put down his own “dog”. It was also a coincidence when Slim said the same thing to George as he did to Candy after killing his dog. He said that it had to be done in both cases because if not, the consequences are full of pain and
Candy and his dog provide a parallel to George and Lennie ‘dog lifted his head got… to his feet to follow’ Candy’s dog relies on Candy just a Lennie relies totally on George. George and Lennie have an elevated version of this relationship-stopping any hatred towards George when he shoots Lennie. In the same way despite logic and reason both pairs cling to each other because in the depression that’s makes them different. Steinbeck uses Candy’s dog to show Candy. Candy's dog is described as ‘ancient’ and ‘painful’ with nothing to look forward to except death.
Candy wanted to shoot his own dog because it's his responsibility. Lennie is George's responsibility to take care of and George feels if anyone is going to kill Lennie it would be him. If someone else brutally slaughters Lennie, then George would be outraged, so George does it himself. Lennie could get scared so George doesn't let him know that it's coming.
This dog was candy’s life but he was also a miserable. After a little bit of convincing candy gave in because he care about the dog. He choose not to shot the dog himself, but later regrets that because he wanted the killing under his control. Later on in the book George realizes that Lennie was out of control, with his desire of soft thing.
Candy says to George, “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't have let some stranger shoot my dog” (Steinbeck 58). This scene also foreshadows what George does to Lennie later on, Candy’s experience helps George and the reader realize why Candy wishes he had killed his own dog. George comes to the conclusion that he has to kill Lennie before Curley can get to him, “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 102). This scene really brings out how George feels, and how his actions contradict his thoughts, because he wants Lennie be able to witness their “dream”. George knows that Lennie won’t have a good life if he is alive, so he shoots him to save him from Curley, just like how Candy’s dog is
George killed Lennie because of what he did not only to the puppy but what he did to Curley’s wife. Lennie would never have done these things on purpose but with the disability he has, he doesn’t know the difference. George did what he had to because he wanted to protect Lennie from what everybody else would have done to him. In the book Candy was talking to George and said that he should have shot his own dog. Which foreshadowed what would happen to lennie at the end of when George did what he knew had to be done.
This relates to when Candy’s dog is killed, it is being hinted that Lennie will be killed too. It was foreshadowed that Lennie was going to die about half-way through the
In fact, Lennie isn’t the only one who get shot in the back of the head, Candy’s dog also gets shot. Candy’s dog getting shot was foreshadowing that Lennie was going to get shot at the end of the book. When Candy told George, “You seen what they done to my dog tonight?... I oughtta of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t oughtta of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
Lennie and Candy’s dog's death are similar ,and different in many ways in the story. In the story the night when George, Lennie, Candy, Slim, Carlson, and the other guys were all in the bunk house when they conviced Candy to shoot the dog. As Candy walks in with the dog following behind him the men sit there with disgust. Carlson yells at the old swapper to get that dog out of here because of how bad it sticks. Candy apologizes and says “ sorry i guess i been around him so much i didn't realize how bad he stinked”.
On pages 63 to 65, Lennie struggles internally over his own unrealized strength. After Lennie crushed Curley’s hand, Lennie sat cowering in the corner. He’s scared that he did something wrong but he never meant to hurt Curley. He only fought back because George told him to. George and Slim assured George that it wasn’t his fault and that he didn’t do a bad thing. On pages 44 to 48, Candy undergoes a personal struggle. When Carlson tells him that his dog is old and suffering and should be put down, Candy does not want to give up his dog. After Slim agreed that Candy’s dog should be put down on page 45, “Candy looked helplessly at him, for Slim’s opinions were law.” After being defeated by Carlson’s reasonable argument, Candy finally forces himself to give up his dog, knowing that he won’t have to suffer any more.
Leading up to the death of Candy’s dog and the actual death of the dog foreshadows the death of Lennie. As the men in the bunk are playing card games when Candy and his dog enter. Automatically Carlson mentions he smells and then starts discussing shooting him, “He ain’t no good to you, Candy. An’ he ain’t no good to himself. Why’n’t you shoot him, Candy?” (Steinbeck 44). The dog is tired, old, and “no good to himself” or Candy; similarly, Lennie isn’t good for himself or George. Candy’s dog and Lennie both end up getting killed because of
Like Candy, Candy’s dog is faced with the ultimate punishment for his age and disability. Candy’s dog is old and said to smell bad and isn’t worth anything, the dog is shot because of its disabilities. This event foreshadows Lennie’s fate at the hand of George. Both of these characters’ euthanasia is rationalized to put them out of their misery and to prevent future suffering from happening due to their disabilities. Which is almost a mirror image of George and Lennie’s relationship where George has known Lennie for a considerable amount of time and George knows that he is completely responsible of Lennie’s well-being and when that well-being is in jeopardy George feels a moral obligation just like Candy did when he gave permission to Carlson to shoot his dog. The euthanizing of Candy’s dog is a “foreshadowing of what will happen with Lennie and George” (Thomas Scarseth) because both Candy and George’s relationship to those dependent to them end with them killing them in order to save them from suffering.
The killing of Candy's dog was related to when George killed Lennie in several ways. First of all, both the dog and Lennie were weak, and killed as soon as they became useless to the society. Also, the dog was Candy's friend, and Lennie was George's friend. In both cases, Slim viewed the deaths as mercy killings. The last similarity was that both Candy and George felt lonely after the death of their companions. The difference was that Carlson killed the dog for selfish reasons, while George killed Lennie out of mercy. This was how the killing of the dog relates to the killing of Lennie.
Lennie and Candy’s dog are parallel. Candy’s dog is old, stinky, it cant take care of itself and he’s useless. Lennie cant take care of himself of others, and when he gets scared he holds on to whatever hes got. Candy’s dog had to be put down, just like Lennie. They were also killed the same way. “If you want me to, I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now and get it over with. Ain’t nothing left for him. Can’t eat, can’t see, can’t even walk without hurtin’” (48). In this scene Carlson took Candy’s dog out and shot him. Though Candy did not want his dog to be dead, he still went through with it. This is just like when George went to kill Lennie, he didn’t want too but it had to be
On the other hand, Candy’s dog is probably incapable of doing harm to people. But the dog is seen as an object rather than an individual, so the way that he feels towards other characters is unclear; therefore it’s hard to say what actions he would take against people if he were given the chance to. It is said in the novel that Candy’s dog is strong, but he is too weak to make use of his strength. While Lennie could hurt anyone he wanted to, but he chooses not to. This is one of the differences between Lennie and Candy’s dog; Lennie is in control of his actions, Candy’s dog is not. However, George tries to control Lennie’s actions. While he thinks this will help Lennie, by doing this George is robbing Lennie of his voice. Contrastingly, Candy is doing the opposite for his dog. By speaking up for his dog, Candy is giving his dog a voice; his dog cannot communicate in the way humans can. Another difference between Lennie and Candy’s dog is their quality of life. Much of the excitement and happiness that Candy’s dog probably used to have in his life is now absent. He is only wanted by Candy-he’s considered useless to everyone else, and he has nothing to look forward to. Candy’s dog may have wanted to die. Lennie, however, had a life that was practically just beginning. He dreamt of owning a farm with George, and he actually had a chance to make this
The parallels between Lennie and George’s relationship and the relationship that their workmate, Candy had with his dog reaffirm the power dynamic between George and Lennie. In the novella, Candy must kill his dog because it is old and weak. Candy felt such extreme regret when it came time to kill his dog, that instead of doing