Ranch Workers In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

When George said “ranch workers are the loneliest guys in the world” what he meant was most ranch workers have no family or friends. George and Lennie defy’s that statement because after Lennie’s aunt Clara died they didn’t have no family or somewhere they can actually stay, that’s why they're ranch workers. But at the same time George and Lennie still have each other to turn to, most guys are all alone moving from one ranch to another. The lifestyle of a ranch worker is loneliness and isolated. The living conditions for a ranch worker is very bad “the bed is made of long burlap sacks stuffed with straw”. This obviously mean that the ranch owner don’t really care about the living conditions he make the ranch worker stay in.
George and Lennie

He is a old ranch worker who lost one of his hands in a machine. The only reason he is still there is because he lost his hand, and the boss just give him a easy job because he feels bad. Candy has a old dog that can barely walk or see. He is Candy’s best friend, he had him every since he was a puppy. Without that dog Candy is lonely and has no one to talk to. Candy overhears George and Lennie talking about their dream and Candy instantly wants to join. Candy offers 250 dollars to put to the farm which is 600. Then he said he was going to put more and more to which at the end was most of the money. George couldn’t say no to that because between him and Lennie all they had was 10 dollars. If they wanted to make that dream reality George had no choice but to accept. Candy says "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?". So Candy kind of tell George he will do more than pay for more than half for the dream but he will help out around the house. After that George really couldn't say no to that so then George said "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." So at this point the dream doesn’t seem like a dream to George he’s going to make an offer for the house. But Candy is so willing to put all his money and time into this because the only reason he’s still there as I said before is that his hand got caught in machine. He would leave but he wouldn’t get hired anywhere else because of his injury. No one really talk to him because he’s old and has a old stinky dog. So when he heard about that dream he had no regrets of putting his life earned savings into someone else's dream if that mean he can leave that