Part I:
Yes, I do think that the nation did
lose its innocence after the assassination of President Kennedy. We were moving
toward peace and understanding, but after the assassination we went into a life
of riots and wars. Kennedy was making progress in the aspects of peace, and I
think it would have been great for the country. However, it was all ended on
that November morning in 1963. Instead
of living a life of peace, life JFK was moving towards, the country was known
for nothing but a huge act of violence that morning, and it would change
everything. It just made the people wonder what could happen next, and they
wondered why this could happen when things were going so well. Everyone was
living in constant wonder, and always thinking about what could possibly come
next.
The assassination had a huge effect
on American people at the time. The majority of the people really liked JFK and
they favored the decisions he was making. They supported him and stood behind
him, but then, it was taken from them. They were lost. They had so much hope
and optimism, and that was crushed and demoralized after Kennedy was killed. It
turned the hope into doubt, and the aspirations and positive attitude into
worry and fear. They didn’t know what to think, they didn’t know what to
expect. They were hurt and living in fear of not knowing what would come next. Although
it wasn’t any single one of the Americans’ faults at the time, they blamed
themselves. They thought that it was almost their fault for not being more
protective, or for being so laid back on gun laws and restrictions. They were
hard on themselves for not taking action and for not taking action to help
prevent this. It was probably unnecessary in a way, because it wasn’t the
American peoples’ faults that the president was killed. It wasn’t in their
control, as much as most of them would have liked it to be.
Part II:
Yes, I think that the acts on 9/11 did have the same effect
on the people. They were living good, almost care-free lives at the time. But
after that horrible day, they could do nothing but worry and wonder about what
would strike next. It was unsuspected, and we were shocked, to say the least.
Again, some of the people blamed themselves. I don’t believe
that they all did, but I do think that some did. Some people didn’t blame themselves.
They knew that it wasn’t in their control. But the others asked themselves why
they didn’t prevent it. They wondered to themselves why they weren’t less
oblivious to those acts before they had happened. They wondered why they didn’t
take action to make it harder for hijackers to gain access as easy as they did.
They wondered how they could be so blind to what was going to happen, how they
let it happen so easily. However, again, it wasn’t any of their faults. But
they still blamed themselves for the tragedy that occurred. It was a big event
in American history. It was the day the people realized that we have to take
action and be more protective of what we have, because it can be taken from us
at any moment.
Part III:
I believe that it was not one
single person that killed John Kennedy. I think that there was a conspiracy,
carried out and covered up by the government, which was behind the murder of
JFK. All of the videos, articles, stories, and movies I have seen about the
assassination lead me to think that there is no way that one man could carry
this out. I am not saying that I don’t believe Lee Harvey Oswald was involved, because
he very well could have been a part of it. However, I am saying that I don’t think
Oswald did it alone. I believe he had help, a lot of help. He wasn’t capable of
pulling that off single-handedly, and I don’t think anyone would be. All the
signs point to a conspiracy in my opinion. I believe that the government
planned the murder of President Kennedy because they didn’t like the peaceful
and anti-war approach he took.
Also, I do not believe that the
deaths of RFK and MLK shortly after were a coincidence. I think that they were
killed for the same reasons as JFK was. A group of people didn’t like the
approach they took, or the direction they were taking things, so they were
murdered as well. A lot of people close to the murder of JFK ended up dead soon
after. Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, RFK, David Ferrie, just to name a few. I don’t
think that all of these deaths could have been a coincidence. I think that they
were all killed so that they couldn’t defend themselves, or get the truth out.
I think the government killed them too, to help with the cover up of JFK.
