On p. 39 George spoke “proudly” of Lennie for the first time ever while talking to Slim. Later, on p. 44 Candy spoke proudly of his old dog as well. How are these two situations alike?
I think these two situations are very alike for many reasons. I the main reason George was talking proudly about Lennie is so Slim wouldn't question him. I think Candy spoke proudly of his dog because he had had it for a long time, and he was embarrassed about the condition it was in. These don't seem alike, but they are. Sometimes people will act proud about something to cover up another emotion about it. For example, we know George likes Lennie, but he can sometimes get on his nerves. He may have acted proud to hide that. In Candy's situation, he did love the dog, but maybe knew that it wasn't in good condition and didn't want to think that.
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