In part 3 of Of Mice and Men, we learn a lot more about George and Lennie's dream and what they plan to do once they make more money. Whenever Lennie asks George to tell him the dream about living in their own house, I think it seems as George lets his guard down and speaks from his heart. When he started to talk, "his voice was growing warmer" (Steinbeck 57). George imagined all the food they could grow, owning their own house, and doing whatever they wanted to. Candy was overhearing their conversation and he wanted to go with them to their future house. I think George and Lennie became very defensive and panicked when Candy asked "How much they want a place like that?" (Steinbeck 59) because George does not like anyone else in his business, and they wanted to keep it private so that no one else would know and try to sabotage them from getting their dream. George and Lennie were also very apprehensive because "we was always gonna do it by ourselves" (Steinbeck 59). My surmise is that Candy wants to leave the ranch and go with George and Lennie because of the way the men on the ranch have recently been treating him. He is clearly distressed when he says, "You seen what they done to my dog tonight" (Steinbeck 60)? I'm guessing that his dog was the only thing keeping him at the ranch because that's where his' dog was born, and he has very many great memories there with the dog. I am thrilled to find out what will become of the situation that George, Lennie, and Candy are facing.
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