injustice: the innocent man, in cold blood, of mice and men by: langston gilmore
TRANSCRIPT
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
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
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
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