"Candy is an old man with only one hand. He lost his right hand in an accident while working on the ranch. He works as a swamper, which means he sweeps and mops the floor."
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"He is quite friendly, although we see evidence that he is quite a gossip, from how he eagerly tells George and Lennie how Curley keeps vaseline in his glove, and by how he eavesdrops on the two."
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"Candy is lonely, and feels isolated from the other men because of the large age difference between them. His best friend was his dog, and once that had been killed, he took up with George and Lennie so that he would have a sense of security and not be alone in his old age."
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"However, it is not only his fears that he will be fired soon which prompt him to join George and Lennie. It is also because he shares their dream of settling down and living independently."
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"He is usually quite realistic. He recognises that if he is fired his chances will not be very good if he is alone, and he knows that Lennie has little or no chance of survival after killing Curley's wife. Because he is so old, he has probably learnt to be realistic from past experience."
