Sympathy for Candy
How does the author create sympathy for candy in section 3?
Language
The language in the section varies quite a lot as most of it is written calmly and other is written to make you feel sorry for candy. Here is a quote to support my point. “then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silently” this is a semantic field as it has the words slowly and silent”. This is a semantic field for calmness. The word “faced” means that he didn’t just turn his head he wanted to face the wall so nobody could see his reaction. He would also not like to be seen sad. “lay” is a another word which i have included in the quote which makes you think that candy was calm and didn’t rustle in bed. This all adds to the sympathy as you feel sorry for him because he doesn’t want to be seen sad and also doesn’t want to be seen as weak or not seen crying. All the adjectives are very calm and relaxing and don’t give the sense of despair and sadness.
You also feel sorry for him as he has had a terrible accident and has had his hand cut off “i aint much good with only one hand” this also creates sympathy as he himself is acknowledging that he isn’t of much use. It could also mean that no one around the ranch cares about his accident. This is sad as he was once a useful and now he is isolated from the rest because all the others are fit and healthy and he is crippled. He has low hopes until Lennie and George tell him about their plan.” 'Cause i ain't got no relatives nor nothing” this is another quote to make you sympathise for candy as it states that he has no family to leave money for so he can give the money to them to fulfil the “American dream” of George and Lennie. This is sad knowing what candy has been through and what he thinks of himself. Furthermore, another language device Steinbeck uses in the passage to present candy is adjectives. There are a variety of them used such as "reassures" and "safe" in order to describe candy's feelings. The fact that candy feels "safe"
Language
The language in the section varies quite a lot as most of it is written calmly and other is written to make you feel sorry for candy. Here is a quote to support my point. “then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silently” this is a semantic field as it has the words slowly and silent”. This is a semantic field for calmness. The word “faced” means that he didn’t just turn his head he wanted to face the wall so nobody could see his reaction. He would also not like to be seen sad. “lay” is a another word which i have included in the quote which makes you think that candy was calm and didn’t rustle in bed. This all adds to the sympathy as you feel sorry for him because he doesn’t want to be seen sad and also doesn’t want to be seen as weak or not seen crying. All the adjectives are very calm and relaxing and don’t give the sense of despair and sadness.
You also feel sorry for him as he has had a terrible accident and has had his hand cut off “i aint much good with only one hand” this also creates sympathy as he himself is acknowledging that he isn’t of much use. It could also mean that no one around the ranch cares about his accident. This is sad as he was once a useful and now he is isolated from the rest because all the others are fit and healthy and he is crippled. He has low hopes until Lennie and George tell him about their plan.” 'Cause i ain't got no relatives nor nothing” this is another quote to make you sympathise for candy as it states that he has no family to leave money for so he can give the money to them to fulfil the “American dream” of George and Lennie. This is sad knowing what candy has been through and what he thinks of himself. Furthermore, another language device Steinbeck uses in the passage to present candy is adjectives. There are a variety of them used such as "reassures" and "safe" in order to describe candy's feelings. The fact that candy feels "safe"