Introduction: Candy, the old ranch hand, plays a very important role in the book. ... We first hear about Candy in chapter two of the book. ... We learn that Candy, has a number of names in the book: the old man, the old swamper, and the old ranch hand. ... Candy features in another crucial part of the book. ... Candy is the key character in the book. ...
For example, at one point in the book, Pecola has three pennies in her shoe, which she has been saving to buy Mary Janes. ... She idolizes the Shirley Temple look -alike, Mary Jane, that adorns her candy wrapper. ... She eats the candy, and its sweetness is good. To eat the candy is somehow to eat the eyes, eat Mary Jane. ... At the end of the book Pecola is isolated from the town both physically and emotionally. ...
I had only seen the occasional Canadian penny or sliver coins, but not their paper money. ... The book we were looking for was not there, so we flagged down an employee to ask about it. She told us that particular book store couldnhelp us, but she knew where a tourist information station was. ... We reached the place the book store employee told us to go, what a relief, and they had information for us as well as a hotel to stay in. ...
