Question: During the third chapter of "Of Mice and Men," Carlson starts to tell Candy again about putting down his dog. In the process, Candy becomes fed up and caves in, allowing Carlson to shoot the dog in the back of the head, receiving one of Slim's pups in return. Why couldn't George step in and tell Carlson to stop harassing Candy about his dog? Does he not care of dogs or pets in general fondly?
Prediction: Because Candy let Carlson kill his dog of many years, I have a feeling that even though he will get to choose one of Slim's puppies to keep, he will still have regretted of letting anyone lay a finger on him in a bad way. In addition, I hope that Candy will have a better future when he fleas off with George and Lennie to their new "ranch," considering that contributed his life saving to help pay the down payment on the land.
Reflect: So far, I have being enjoying the book as the plot moves on, although I think that there should be just a tad bit of extra suspense thrown just to "wow" the readers and myself, of course. I think that Steinbeck is trying to tell that the American Dream may be impossible in some cases, considering that George has to deal with Lennie, a mentally-challenged man who doesn't know what his actions are most of the time!
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