George allows Candy to become part of the dream of "livin'
offa the fatta the lan'" in many ways because Candy is much like them. He is a person
that perhaps much of society finds little use for and has disregarded in many ways; he
has outlived his usefulness in the eyes of some. Candy, like George and Lennie, dreams
of place where he will not be told what to do, where he can be himself, and work on his
own terms.
Candy's offer is one of more than
money:
"S'pose
I went in with you guys. Tha's three hundred an' fifty bucks I'd put in. I ain't much
good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some. How'd that
be?"
But Candy's money turns
the dream from being some off in the distant future to something being more accessible.
As George says:
"In one month. Right smack in one month. Know
what I'm gon'ta do? I'm gon'ta write to them old people that owns he place that we'll
take it."
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