In addition to this, as he is a respected figure on the ranch, he feels no need to vocalize a dream. George Lennie and Candy all have the dream to live on a farm and become independent. George says “Some day- we’re going to get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres … “. This was a very common dream for migrant workers in 1930’s America, however due to Lennie’s actions; the
Like Candy's dog, Lennie depends on George to take care of him and show him what to do. Candy, like George, is different from the other ranch hands because he has his dog as a constant companion, someone devoted and loyal to him. That at the time the novel is set, most men were alone as they didn’t have the company of another and so they were lonely and drawn into themselves. Candy takes such a shine to George
Lennie is very naïve 1, he lives only in the present 2 and always manages to see the good in others 3; this allows him to maintain a positive outlook and lead a happy life. Lennie is a very naïve person, he thinks that everything in the world is good and doesn’t know enough to realize that it isn’t. When George and Lennie arrived at the clearing, Lennie headed straight to the green pool of water and started drinking from it. George saw him doing so and he said to Lennie, “’for God-sakes don’t drink so much’” (Steinbeck 3). Lennie was so naïve that he didn’t know the water could make him sick but George knew about the potential dangers of the green pool water.
In the bunkhouse, there was also Carlson, which throughout the whole novel showed his lack of emotions and his coldness towards others, which is another characteristic some ranchman have – coldness towards others. When he spoke about Candy’s dog, he didn’t care about Candy or his feelings. He only saw in him “old and useless dog”. He doesn’t understand why Candy is so attached to him and why he is so upset when his dog died. When Carlson came back, after he shoot Candy’s dog, he “said
"Moved with majesty" suggests that he is attractive and has a royal family appearance and all the men admire him and look up to him. "Understanding beyond thought" suggests that he doesn't need to think about things and doesn't even have to think about how to treat people nicely he does it out of consideration to people. He realises how George and Lennie get on and what Lennie is like. "His authority was so great" tells us that he is respected and seen as powerful on the ranch. We know that everyone is quiet when he is speaking and that everyone respects that he is better than them at his job.
(Steinbeck Pg. 41). George helps Lennie to function properly in real world situations that prove stressful and confusing for Lennie’s simple mind. George has an integral role in Lennie successfully getting a job on the work farm. Lennie is strong and a good worker but he does not have the ability to understand or answer appropriately the questions of the employer during the interview.
The uses of commas are used to give slight pauses after ‘arm’ and ‘wrist’ to highlight the words relating to his disability. It’s due to this disability that Candy is given a job very different to those of the other ranchers: he is a swamper. This is one of the few jobs that he is able to do with one hand. It is a menial task and isolates him from the other men. portrays that Candy has trouble with socialising with other men since his
He seems like a negative person, but that is probably because he is dying and could be scared. He starts his story by saying, “I was sick - sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.” By saying he is sick unto death means that he knows exactly what is going on around him even though he is sick. Not sick in a crazy sense but probably on his death bed. The Tell Tale Heart’s Narrator is not a reliable source. He is crazy trying to pass off as sane.
The impossibility of his dream was very real to him. Lennie represents everything that the average sensible person was not. Mentally handicapped, he was even lowlier regarded than the average migrant ranch worker. He is essentially a social misfit. The difference was that he was less conscious of his predicament.
The novel combines the theme of friendship; Steinbeck uses characters; George and Lennie and Candy and his dog to portray the special bond within each pair. John Steinbeck develops the theme of friendship through characters, by focusing the theme around the idea of two men, completely opposite in every way, have come together and stuck together whilst at this time most people had nothing, due to the Great Depression. At that time itinerant workers were the “loneliest guys in the world”.