InjusticeBy: Langston Gilmore

John Grisham

• Undergraduate: Mississippi State University• Graduate: Ole Miss• Served in the Mississippi State House of Representatives from 1983-

1990• His first book, A Time to Kill, was published in 1989• All of his books have been bestsellers since • His first nonfiction book was The Innocent Man, published in 2006

The Innocent Man

• Main characters

-Ron Williamson

-Dennis Fritz

-Glen Gore

-Debbie Carter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8iqJGACBA

The Innocent Man• Main Events

-Night of the murder, Glen Gore is seen “violently talking” to Debbie Carter at the local night club just hours before she was killed

-Ron Williamson is never mentioned until Glen is brought in for questioning

-Police arrest Ron, fingerprints don’t match, hair samples “might” match, Fritz is arrested because the police believe two murderers were involved

-Get snitches at jail to testify against Ron in return for their pardons

-Ron is uncontrollable with his mental state, is given thorazine to sedate him, though he’s not deemed as mentally ill

-Gore isn’t a suspect until DNA evidence convicted him in 2003, over 20 years after the murder

The Innocent Man• Themes:

-Injustice

-Perception

-Mental Problems

Truman Capote• Had a rough childhood,

raised by his aunts and mother

• Extremely flamboyant, loving attention

• Published his most famous work, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in 1958

• In Cold Blood is published in 1966

In Cold Blood

• Main Characters

-Perry Smith

-Richard “Dick” Hickhock

-The Clutter family

-Alvin Dewey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4BvvJ69pIQ 0:55-1:32

In Cold Blood• Main Events

-Perry and Dick plan to rob the Clutters, and it ends in their murdering the family in order to have no witnesses

-Perry is the murderer of all four of the Clutters

-They successfully get away to Mexico, but Dick wants to go back to the United States because he is bored and irritated with Perry

-Dick writes bad checks when they get back to Kansas, and the cellmate who gave them information about the Clutters tips the police, resulting in their arrest by Dewey

-They both confess and are hanged

In Cold Blood

• Themes

-Injustice and justice

-Sympathy

-Who are the real victims?

John Steinbeck

• Went to Stanford University• Published the classic novella, Of

Mice and Men, in 1937• Best known for The Grapes of

Wrath, also a story of migrant workers

Of Mice and Men

• Main Characters

-Lennie Small

-George Milton

-Curley

-Curley’s wife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiP6TNoiQI 0:12-0:59

Of Mice and Men• Main events

-Lennie and George arrive at the farm

-Lennie gets attacked by Curley and accidentally breaks Curley’s hand in self defense

-While the other workers are playing horseshoes, Lennie is petting his new puppy, accidentally killing it with his strength, and then accidentally kills Curley’s wife as well

-George is forced to kill Lennie in order to save him from whatever punishment Curley would have inflicted

Of Mice and Men

• Themes:

-Loneliness

-Injustice for Lennie

-Compassion

Themes

• Injustice• Loneliness• Sympathy• Mental Instability

Works Cited

Google Images:

John Grisham

The Innocent Man book cover

Ron Williamson young picture

Ron Williamson old picture

Jail Cell

Truman Capote

In Cold Blood Movie cover

John Steinbeck

Lennie with a rabbit

John Grisham:

http://www.nndb.com/people/505/000022439/

http://www.jgrisham.com/bio/

The Innocent Man video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8iqJGACBA

Truman Capote:

http://www.capotebio.com/biography/biography.php

John Steinbeck:

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html

Of Mice and Men Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiP6TNoiQI

In Cold Blood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4BvvJ69pIQ