candy

Question 1

quote that implies candy feels hopeless (3)

Answer 1

“they’ll can me pretty soon”
“I ain’t much good with only one hand”
“you seen what they done do to my dog tonight?…when they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me”

Question 2

quote to prove that Candy cares for his dog

Answer 2

“I’m so used to him, had him since he was a pup”

Question 3

quote suggesting that candy feels regretful of his dogs death

Answer 3

“I’d of shot him myself”

Question 4

quote that implies that candy is old

Answer 4

“lousy ol’ sheep”

Question 5

Candy is physicaly (or metaphoricaly) weighed down by RELENTLESS work and poor living conditions

Answer 5

“stoop - shouldered old man”

Question 6

Candy is at the bottom of the hierarchy and subserviant to the more powerful members of the ranch

Answer 6

“shuffled”
- moves around the boss like a frightened animal

Question 7

Candy has no say in the fate of his dog

Answer 7

“Candy looked a long time at slim to try to find some reversal”

Question 8

Candy is weak due to his lack of physical power

Answer 8

“Stick-like wrist, but no hand”
-hands are a symbol of power (lennies paws - animal like strength)

Question 9

Candy is useless due to his age

Answer 9

“lousy ol’ sheep”
-her insult mirrors the way he is viewed on the ranch

Question 10

CONTEXT: How were the elderly affected by the great depression?

Answer 10

Their lifesavigs completley disappeared after the Wall Street Crash and there was no elderly relief before 1935 (even after 1935, elderly relief was not given to those in farm or domestic work)

Question 11

CONTEXT: How were elderly people looked after?

Answer 11

They recieved little to no help from the government so elderly were taken care of by family. Family had little to offer toward caring for their parents. Those without family fended for themselves

Question 12

CONTEXT: Employment and the elderly

Answer 12

There was high competition due to demand so elderly unemployment rates were high (25% for the average person 80% for the elderly)

Question 13

Candy is disposable

Answer 13

“I ain’t much good”
-aware of the few skills he has to offer

Question 14

Candy’s past memories of his dog and his past accomplishements are useless in a world were your worth was determined by your productivity today

Answer 14

“God he was a good sheep dog”

Question 15

Candy is replacable like his dog

Answer 15

“Why’nt you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one of the pups to raise up?”

Question 16

Candy is aware of his impermanent position on the ranch

Answer 16

“Just as soon as i can’t swamp out no bunk houses they’ll put me on the country”

Question 17

Why was social inequality normal during the 1930’s?

Answer 17

Industirial Capitalism supported Social Darwinism which meant that things like imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality were justified

Question 18

Candy and his dog are inroduced like George and Lennie

Answer 18

“at his heels there walked a drag footed sheepdog”

Question 19

Candy regrets not shooting his dog

Answer 19

“I ought to of shot him myself. I ought to of not let no stranger shoot my dog”

Question 20

Why was it hard to make friends during this time

Answer 20

Transient lifestyle made it impossible to form long term friendships

Question 21

Candy is mysogynistic

Answer 21

“tart”
“you goddamn tramp”

Question 22

Candy is racist

Answer 22

“nice fella”
“nigger”
-casual use of DEROGATORY language

Question 23

How does Steinbeck stress the complexity of human kind?

Answer 23

Did not make a character who was completley likeable / blameless

Question 24

Where was racism accepted and encouraged?

Answer 24

in the southern states

Question 25

Candy is a dreamer

Answer 25

“eye’s blinded with tears”
“leaned forward eagerly”
-noticable change in candy’s DEMEANOR (outward behaviour) - exitement over the PROSPECT (possibility or likelihood) of the ranch

Question 26

Cany clings onto the dream because he is desperate to escape

Answer 26

“You an’ me can get that little place, can’t we George? You an’ me can go there an’ live nice, can’t we George? Can’t we?”