Character Analysis Of Candy In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The character Candy demonstrated his isolation by not having any relatives or good friendship in the workplace. He had his old dog that spent most of the time with and less interaction with his workmates due to the loss of his right arm. However, after Carlson shot Candy’s dog, Candy became really lonely since he spent the most of the time with his dog. He expressed his feeling to George and stated, “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They say he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me”, (60). This also shows that although Candy had someone to talk to, it was not a human. He could not play cards with his dog or tell him how happy or upset he was. Also, Candy got really excited to

join Lennie and George’s dreams of the small farm, and he was willing to give money to the two young men to break his depression and isolation, “and they give me two hundred and fifty dollars ‘cause I lost my arm. An’ I got fifty more save up right in the bank now. That’s three hunderd”, (59). Not only the characters were lonely because they did not have relatives, they were also lonely due to the fact that they travelled alone. For example, the character Slim was surprised when he found out that George and Lennie travelled together and he stated, “Ain’t many guys travel together. I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other”, (35). The character Slim said that because nobody trusted each other. For instance, when Curley saw Lennie and George, he looked at them suspiciously and studied them carefully due to not trusting them. Therefore, the character Candy demonstrated loneliness by having no relatives and friends and his willing to give his money to share a dream to break his depression and Curley demonstrated how in the 1930’s people had travelled alone due to not trusting people.