... part with his old companion. The situation culminates with Carlson shooting Candy's dog. Continuing from this point, the story as a whole concludes with George's decision to shoot Lennie. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men metaphorically compares Lennie and Candy's dog by making them both dependent on someone, continuously referring to Lennie as an animal but a good worker ... animals in the novel, a dog being the point of focus at this moment. "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers" (3). Steinbeck's use of figurative language shows the reader the similarities between...

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