Of Mice and Men- Monologue

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Candy’s Monologue He was just a pup when I got him-just a little pup. He was so sweet and such a good worker even in the early stages of his life. I trained him up and made him into a great ranch dog. I keep myself to myself here on the ranch, I barely speak to any of the other workers, so I grew very fond of my dog, he was more than a dog, he was a companion, a friend. No one understood, they must have thought I was strange but I didn’t care...and now, now he is gone, just a memory now. No one knows how much he meant to me and now what? Slim offered me one of his new pups, but it will never be the same... never. I stared at the black and dusty, rotting ceiling blankly. I was so upset, I didn’t know what to do with myself. All the others were outside on the ranch in the sun, enjoying what short break they did have, whilst I was lying here contemplating what to do with myself to take my mind of the current situation. I thought about working, but the thought of doing anything at the moment made my stomach wrench with sadness. I decided to get up and grab a magazine from the cupboard in the bathroom, I got back into bed and proceeded to read it. My eyes started to wander from word to word, they were hard to make out and understand however with the little education I did have, I managed to make out what the writing meant. As I continued to read I saw an article about the Cowboys. I envied them. All the freedom in the world they had, horses to ride, not just to tend to, they could go anywhere, do anything they liked they coul..... No. I put the magazine down so it faced upwards slightly hanging off the side of my bunk, this was meant to take my mind off the situation that had recently occurred, but instead it just made me more upset and regretful that I had let Curley shoot my dog, my precious pup. I got up to go outside, I felt faint, putting one foot in front
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