In “Lennie Snopes, A Closer Look”, Sigrid Fowler makes a case explaining the influences both Lennie and Abner have on Sarty. Fowler begins his article explaining the importance of the mother. Lennie is the only light in the Snopes family. She tries her hardest to hide every sense of emotion, in order to prove loyalty to Abner. Just like Sarty, she feels the force Abner has on the family. He is controlling and manipulative to a point where she feels submissive toward him. Fowler illustrates this with the clock. Fowler, writes, “A suggestion of good things Lennie may have experienced previously but lost with marriage.” With having such distinctively different parents, Sarty has gained to different bloodlines. Fowler explains how Lennie’s