Curiously, Lenny ignores other markings on his body and on the bodiesof others. For instance, he never questions the scratch marks on his face (whichhe acquired while murdering yet another presumed “John G.” character) nordoes he inquire about the bruised eye he had given another character. Andbeyond the fiction of “John G.” is another fabricated memory and tattooed“fact”: “Remember Sammy Jenkins.” Both of these white males turn outto be different aspects of Leonard Shelby: the ruthless murderer (John G.)versus the accidental killer (Sammy Jenkins), who overmedicates his diabeticwife because he fails to remember injecting her with insulin as part of hisdaily routine. We are thus presented with the problem of white guilt, which