i. "He learned forward eagerly. '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?'"
I think this quote shows the turing point for the book. Old Candy got two hundred and fifty dollars because he lost his right hand. Including how much he saved in the bank and money coming at the end of the month, Candy got three hundred and fifty dollars in total. Candy knows that he is old and quite useless and he is going to lose his job. So, he decided to join George and Lennie with his money. He knows that George will agree him to join although he is quite useless because George and Lennie really need money and they want their dream to come true. Candy's money makes George and Lennie's dream possible to reach pretty soon.
ii. Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
iii. I think Steinbeck is showing that George and Lennie's dream is not easy to come true. Candy's money seems make George and Lennie's dream become possible in few months. However, they still need more money from the ranch to get their own land. There is possibility for George and Lennie to lose their jobs and not able to get enough money. It is actually quite easy for George and Lennie to lose their jobs. The fight scene shows how George and Lennie is about to lose their jobs just because Lennie hurt Curley, the boss's son. The juxtaposition of these two scenes strongly shows my opinion how George and Lennie's dream is still quite impossible.
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