The first book that comes to mind that makes me sympathize with a bad doer is "Of Mice And Men" by John Stienbeck. Lennie Small could easily be seen as a bad man, in the times it was written in, a strong man who is very dense. He easily injures people thoughtlessly. In my opinion and I'm sure many others Lennie is a good person who was just born a little short witted.
At the first of the book it talks about how they half to run from there former employer in "Weeds" where Lennie was wanted on charges of attempted rape because he thought the young women's dress looked soft and he wanted to touch it, harmlessly. As you could have guessed it didn't go over well the people of "Weeds" were hunting Lennie. Thus Lennie and George had to flee to a near by ranch where they could be employed.
They were doing good at there new job for several weeks. Lennie has evidently a lot a mental disability to deal with, and something that comes with that is his obsession with things that look soft. The owner of the ranch's son Curley had a young attractive wife that is very promiscuous, Lennie was in the barn alone one day, when Curleys wife comes in. He tries to pet her hair, her feeling uncomfortable struggles. Lennie not understanding his own strength accidentally kills her and hides her body. Lennie and George then are forced to flee again, because there is a angry mod out for Lennie.
To the readers of "Of Mice and men" Lennie obviously doesn't understand what is going on and doesn't intentionally hurt anybody but he does hurt many accidentally. In the days of the depression no body would have understood a mental disability but in our times we do more.
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