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Candy
Candy is the old, disabled ranch hand who is helpless to stop the shooting of his dog and who knows that he too will be banished when he is no longer useful. He is sweetly hopeful of joining Lennie and George on their dream farm, offering to contribute his savings of $350 to buy the farm.

Carlson
Carlson is a skilled worker, a mechanic at the ranch who assumes an arrogance forbidden the others. He is the one who orders Candy's dog to be put to death. Carlson has no feelings about the animal and no concept that anyone else...

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Of Mice and Men: Introduction
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Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck Biography
Of Mice and Men: Summary and Analysis
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3. Chapter 3 Summary and Analysis
4. Chapter 4 Summary and Analysis
5. Chapter 5 Summary and Analysis
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Of Mice and Men: Essential Passages
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2. Essential Passages by Theme: Friendship
Of Mice and Men: Characters
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