The Story Of Mice and Men is about two buddies that go on to find work or any kind of income. The only problem is that lennie, one of the main characters, has a mental disability. Thankfully George, the other main character also lennie’s best friend, is around to help lennie. In the story more characters come into play including a nice old man named candy who has been working on the farm for many years. Like George candy has to take care of his old dog that he raised from a pup. Unfortunately one of Candy’s so called buddies took the dog out and shot him for the dogs own good. In the end George also loses his closest pal. Through the story George and candy have some similarities and differences.
Similarities between George and candy are so similar that you would probably mistake them for the same character. One of the main similarities is that George and Candy both just want to get away and “live off the land.” In the story George proposes that Candy, Lennie and him go away and just forget all their problems, George of course would let lennie tend to the rabbits. When Candy here’s of the plan he wants in after he lived his life working for another man. Since they both just wanted to get away and felt the need to just leave George grew closer to candy friend wise. Ever since the plan was made they just could not wait including Candy which almost asked every time he and George met.
Now in the story Candy and George both loose someone close to them. As you may or may not know loosing someone close to you hurts you a lot. Giving Candy in his old age loosing probably his only thing to a family or a relationship he felt very depressed. Although it may be funny to some that comparing George having to shoot his best pal Lennie in the back they both equally felt the pain. You can tell at the end when George kills lennie Candy then accepts George’s loss. George and Candy then grow in their friendship when they both