The Question and Answer section for Of Mice and Men is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
1) Candy is isolated because of his disability and his dog that is not so fresh smelling. Further, when his dog gets shot he does not have much to live for. He cannot work with the other men and now has lost his one friend in the world.
Crooks is...
Crooks tells Candy to forget about what he said about joining the farm. Curley's wife humiliated him enough to understand that any dreams a black man like him might have, won't come true.
From the text:
"That stink hangs around even after he's gone." He walked over with his heavy-legged stride and looked down at the dog. "Got no teeth," he said. "He's all stiff with rheumatism. He ain't no good to you, Candy. An' he ain't no good...
