Speaking Proudly of Lennie and Candy's Old Dog

In part three of OMAM, both George and Candy speak proudly of Lennie and the old sheep dog. We can see George speaking of Lennie in which he says, "'Jus' tell Lennie what to do an' he'll do it if it don't take no figuring. He can't think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders'" (39). On page 44, Candy talks about why it is so hard for him to let go of the dog when he explains, "' Well--hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him.' He said proudly, "You wouldn't think it to look at him now, but he was the best damn sheep dog I ever seen'" (44). There are a few similarities that I've noticed between these two situations. One is that George has been with Lennie for a long time and has become attached to Lennie in a love/hate relationship. This is like how Candy has had his dog ever since he was a puppy, and has become very attached to him, being used to his presence (and being nose-blind to his stench). A second similarity is how they are both proud of Lennie's and the dog's abilities. Lennie is very strong, and can take orders easily. But he struggles with doing problem solving and using common sense. The dog used to be a very useful sheep dog to help herd. But now that he's older, he doesn't really have any use (not physically nor smarts). And the third similarity that I noticed was how George is like Lennie's owner and Candy is his dog's owner. Lennie constantly follows George around (because he doesn't know how to think for himself, due to his intellectual disability), and the same goes for Candy and his dog.

Another thing I found was that Lennie is being talked about with an animal reference (from Ellie's blog example on OneNote) in a less direct way again. This just means that the first prompt is comparing the similarities between Lennie and a dog, and the pattern of Lennie/animal is continuing.