Of Mice and Men

Candy character study

Candy has lost his right hand in a piece farm machinery accident and is now reduced to the meanest job on the ranch - that of “swamper” or menial cleaner

• Cany introduces George and Lennie to the bunkhouse and the boss

• He is a

  • He is described through his dog “a dragfooted sheepdog, grey muzzle and with pale, blind old eyes”.

  • “Tall, Stoop shouldered old man”

  • “A round stick like wrist”

• He allows Carlson to shoot his dog

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