My Opinion of Some Characters from the Book of Mice and Men

glaze is presented by Steinbeck as creation actually observing in this passage as he says I seen her recall Slim the
eye … Curley never seen it, he shows he has the qualification to see things from different angles a fact that is made
realistic as he is disabled. Candy is also shown to be learned but mostly judgmental as at the wind up of the
passage he says „well, you look over her misses, and see if she personal?t a tart,? this shows that he is judgmental of
Curley?s wife who he hasn?t spoken to but has based his office upon look.
Steinbeck uses the character of Candy very cleverly to convey of import ideas about society at that meter. The
book is set in 1932 at the time of the great depression and in a time of racism. Candy is described as „stoop
elevate? and „the old swamper.? Candy has no right hand as he lost it in an accident, this is the reason for
him being the flow house cleaner because he is disabled and is only viewed as being able to sweep because of
his disability.
Candy also has a very old pass over by his side constantly, he sees him as his „old companion? and his only friend.




When his train is scissure he becomes lonely, this symbolizes the great depression as Candy?s dog was everything to
him and during the great depression people ;lost everything very quickly whether it was money or a home,
Candy himself is a symbol because he is working as cheap task much like most of the workers. Candy?s dog
also represents a view made by Carlson of the dog „jus suffers himself all the time? and being miserable all the
time. Carlson?s view of killing it to put it out of it?s ill luck is a view that was common in society at the time,
Candy is fearful of that saying as he says „what if I?m no good no more? this is because Candy?s dog sort of
represents Candy as being too old to do anything.
Racism was a very strong view in society at the time and is immediately shown by candy at the beginning of
the chapter ii as he refers to the stable buck (Crooks) as a...If you hope to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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