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04 Aug 2009, 6:08 pm

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a) John Steinbeck independantly invented the concept of mental retardation all on his own, and attributed it to Lennie.
b) John Steinback learned about mental retardation from an external source, it was not based on his own mind.
c) John Steinback learned about mental retardation from an external source, it was not based on his own mind, however is pasted his own views on it... on mental retardation

I understand your point Willard

'however is pasted his own views on it...'? What does that mean?

EDIT: I see you've edited your post, but it still explains nothing.


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04 Aug 2009, 6:21 pm

basicaly lennies was based on what he thought a mentaly ret*d person would be like..


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04 Aug 2009, 6:28 pm

scorpileo wrote:
basicaly lennies was based on what he thought a mentaly ret*d person would be like..

Lennie is still not based solely from John Steinbeck's mind, though, which was Willard's assertion. If he had never about what mental retardation is, Lennie would never come into existance.


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04 Aug 2009, 6:41 pm

Henriksson wrote:
scorpileo wrote:
basicaly lennies was based on what he thought a mentaly ret*d person would be like..

Lennie is still not based solely from John Steinbeck's mind, though, which was Willard's assertion. If he had never about what mental retardation is, Lennie would never come into existance.


I did not claim that nor did willard...


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04 Aug 2009, 6:45 pm

scorpileo wrote:
Henriksson wrote:
scorpileo wrote:
basicaly lennies was based on what he thought a mentaly ret*d person would be like..

Lennie is still not based solely from John Steinbeck's mind, though, which was Willard's assertion. If he had never about what mental retardation is, Lennie would never come into existance.


I did not claim that nor did willard...

So, I don't understand where the disagreement is?


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04 Aug 2009, 6:50 pm

IMO a misunderstanding on your part perhaps willard could explain more clearly for you?


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04 Aug 2009, 6:55 pm

scorpileo wrote:
IMO a misunderstanding on your part perhaps willard could explain more clearly for you?

If it's your opinion that I'm misunderstanding, I would expect that you could explain why yourself, or it seems completely unsubstantiated.

I've shown that characters are dependant on external information, therefore the author's mind could impossibly be the basis of those characters.


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