1. Injustice: The Innocent Man, In Cold Blood, Of Mice and Men By: Langston Gilmore

2. 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

3. The Innocent Man Main characters -Ron Williamson -Dennis Fritz -Glen Gore -Debbie Carter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8iqJGACBA

4. 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

5. The Innocent Man Themes: -Injustice -Perception -Mental Problems

6. 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

7. In Cold Blood Main Characters -Perry Smith -Richard “Dick” Hickhock -The Clutter family -Alvin Dewey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4BvvJ69p IQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4BvvJ69p IQ 0:55-1:32

8. 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

9. In Cold Blood Themes -Injustice and justice -Sympathy -Who are the real victims?

10. 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

11. Of Mice and Men Main Characters -Lennie Small -George Milton -Curley -Curley’s wife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiP6TNoi QIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiP6TNoi QI 0:12-0:59

12. 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

13. Of Mice and Men Themes: -Loneliness -Injustice for Lennie -Compassion

14. Themes Injustice Loneliness Sympathy Mental Instability

15. 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