How does Candy address the body of the girl after he talks to George and learns that their dream of the farm is no longer a reality? Why do you think he reacts this way? Evidence from the text.
Candy yells at the dead girl and calls her a tramp. He's let down and angry..... he's devastated that he had a future and companionship within his grasp and lost it because of her.
"You God damn tramp", he said viciously. "You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up. You wasn’t no good. You ain’t no good now, you lousy tart." He sniveled, and his voice shook. "I could of hoed in the garden and washed dishes for them guys." He paused, and then went on in a singsong. And he repeated the old words: "If they was a circus or a baseball game . . . . we would of went to her . . . . jus’ said ‘ta hell with work,’ an’ went to her. Never ast nobody’s say so. An’ they’d of been a pig and chickens . . . . an’ in the winter . . . . the little fat stove . . . . an’ the rain comin’ . . . . an’ us jes’ settin’ there." His eyes blinded with tears and he turned and went weakly out of the barn, and he rubbed his bristly whiskers with his wrist stump.
Of Mice and Men
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Candy reacts with shock and grief because he realizes that the dream of owning the farm is completely gone. His response shows how much hope he had placed in that future. The loss is not just about the farm itself, but about losing the possibility of a better life.
