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Native Son

Native Son

In Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, Bigger Thomas could possibly be classified as guilty but mentally ill by today’s standards.  Stress, anxiety, and aggression in Thomas’ social and romantic relationships, living conditions, family life, and childhood and adolescent experiences are all factors.
The older basis for pleading insanity requires the person to be “so severely disturbed at the time of his act that he did not know what he was doing, or if he did know what he was doing, did not know that it was wrong”.  Some states have also added “irresistible impulse”, which states that “some mentally ill individuals may respond correctly when asked if a particular act is morally right or wrong but may be unable to control their behavior” (Atkinson et al. 632-633).
Although standards have changed a bit, the idea behind the insanity plea remains the same.  In the 1970’s, not all, but most state and federal courts adopted a new legal definition proposed by the American Law Institute (ALI) stating, “A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of

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