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Lennie Small Character Analysis

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John Steinbeck’s character, Lennie Smalls, is not an appropriate factor to be considered when informing and shaping legal outcomes due to his fictional background and lack of modernization. The explicitness of Lennie’s mental disability and his consequences appear less convoluted than those presented by Robert Mackey in “Steinbeck Family Outraged That Texas Judge Cited ‘Of Mice and Men’ in Execution Ruling” and Lane Florsheim in “How Texas Keeps Putting the Intellectually Disabled on Death Row.” Various Texas judges substantiated the execution of handicapped criminals based on a fictional piece of work. John Steinbeck’s piece of literature should be perceived as the 1937 work of fiction he made it out to be. The Texas Judicial System’s decision was classified unsuitable due to its choice in executing Marvin Wilson in Mackey’s article. Following the judge’s indecisiveness regarding whether or not …show more content…

After John Steinbeck’s son, Thomas, was apprised of the outcomes based on his father’s novella, he openly replied, “I had no idea that…Texas would use a fictional character…as a benchmark to identify whether defendants with intellectual disability should live or die.” Steinbeck’s statement evidently expresses his viewpoint in the situation, finding it unprecedented to compare characters of fiction to real-life criminals. Steinbeck was left in dismay …show more content…

“Steinbeck Family Outraged That Texas Judge Cited ‘Of Mice and Men’ in Execution Ruling” emphasizes the Steinbeck family’s perspectives concerning the judicial system, as well as the original concept from which Lennie was derived. Meanwhile, “How Texas Keeps Putting the Intellectually Disabled on Death Row” imparts knowledge on the justice systems defects. However, both articles corroborate that specific legal cases are too serpentine to be compared with Steinbeck’s

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