Who is candy in mice and men?

Answer 1

In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, Candy is an elderly ranch worker who lost his hand in an accident. He is marginalized on the ranch due to his age and physical disabilities. Candy forms a bond with George and Lennie and dreams of one day joining them in their plan to own a piece of land.

Answer 2

Candy is a man, an old man who works at the ranch in the story.

He has an old sheepdog which another worker says should be put to sleep (killed). Candy also becomes a friend of George and Lennie, the main characters in the play.

Answer 3

candy is the old swamper in of mice and men. he is the man with the stump (no hand, lost it in an accident)...but candy wants to get involved with george and lennies dream after the death of his dog, because carlson shot him all because he was too old and smelly.

Candy is the man who describes the theme of ageism and loneliness..he is important because he is interested in continuing the dream with george and lennie. :)

Answer 4

Candy is the old man in Of Mice and Men, he works on the ranch with Lennie and George and he has an old sheepdog. Throughout the course of the novel he befriends Lennie and George and they say they will let him share their farm with them. Carlson shoots Candy's sheepdog and Slim promises Candy a puppy.

Answer 5

An aging ranch handyman.

Candy is an aging ranch handyman who lost his hand in an accident. He worries almost constantlyabout his future on the farm, that his age and injuryare making him useless. After hearing Georges description of the farm he and Lennie will have, he offers Lennie and George his life savings for a stake in their dream.

Answer 6

Candy was a ranch worker. He had lost one of his hands in an accident and his time working at the ranch is soon going to be over. He wishes to come along with George and Lennie to work and live on the ranch that they plan on buying. He also has an old, crippled dog who stinks and is disliked by the other people living in the bunkhouse.

Answer 7

Candy is the oldest worker in the farm. He owns a very old dog. One of the older workers convinces Candy that they should kill his dog. Later Candy regrets that someone else shot his dog he said it was his so he should of been the one to kill him.

Answer 8

Candy is an old man who lost his hand in an accident at the ranch he works at with George and Lennie. Candy's profession is being a Swamper which is basically a Janitor.