John Wayne Gacy

Adolescents are very unlikely to reach their full potential without the guidance of an adult figure, such as a mother, father, sibling, or guardian. Adult figures are essential to a growing child because they exemplify decision making, wisdom, and overall life lessons on how to grow up. Although some children do have an adult figure in their life, they aren’t always the best influences for their children, adults also face their own battles which can reflect upon their exterior, ultimately having a critical effect on a child’s development. For example, in “Running with Scissors” by Augusten Burroughs, the main character Augusten lives with his mother who suffers from a mental disorder who guides him into a pathway of chaos and disorder. Augusten learns to cope with no guidance, but still faces many issues that could have been resolved with a reassuring adult figure.

A belief system is a set of ideas that a person uses to make sense of the world around us. Science can be defined as a way of looking at the natural world, which is systematic, objective and capable of generating universal laws. Ideology is a systematic set of beliefs, which serve the interests of a social group in society. It is often associated with the ‘power’ and the ability of those at the top of the society to put forward their own ideas as right. These ideas could be distorted, partially true and put forward for a purpose.

On March 17th, 1942 John Wayne Gacy was born to John Stanley Gacy and Marion Robinson in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of three children and the only boy. Although John was close to his family, he had a troubled relationship with his father. John Stanley was physically and verbally abusive to his son, often beating him severely over small mistakes. John’s mother and

His father, whom he was named after, often beat Gacy. When Gacy was 11 years old, Gacy was knocked unconscious by a brutal swing and through out his teen years would have black outs. Gacy left school without graduating and traveled to Las Vegas in hopes of becoming somebody with money. Instead, he ended up working in a mortuary where he showed unhealthy interested in the bodies that would come through.

John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17 1942. Gacy had an uneventful childhood up until the age of eleven. While out playing he had been struck on the head by a swing. Subsequently he suffered fainting fits for many years.

John Wayne Gacy was born on May 17 (St. Patrick’s Day), 1942 to Marion Elaine Robinson Gacy and John Wayne Gacy, Sr. at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago. He was the second of three children. His older sister Joanne had preceded him by two years and two years after his birth came his sister Karen. The Gacy children were raised as Catholics and attended Catholic School (Taylor 2003).

Gacy lost confidence in himself due to his father never having a connection that he long strived for, but never once did he say that he hated his father. If Gacy Jr. were to ever make a disapproving choice in front of his father, his father would not only beat him as punishment but would call him names such as “queer.” Not long after the sexual nicknames began, Gacy Jr. and a friend were caught trying to perform sexual acts on a young girl, but Gacy thought it was okay, after being a victim of sexual assault himself. A friend of the Gacy family would get John Jr. alone in his truck and perform sexual acts on him, but Gacy never told anyone because he thought it would get back to his father who would proceed to call him names such as “queer.” John did not want to disappoint his father any more than he already had, so he kept it a secret, saving himself from the blame his father would have put on him. John tried to replace his loneliness with being a teacher's pet, by helping with errands and handing out papers, but it soon led to him being bullied and mocked by his classmates. To make his school matters worse, John started having health problems in the fourth grade when his appendix burst, and he started blacking out

Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1942. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. He had two sisters. Gacy is greatly known for his disturbing sexual encounters with young men, but not many know that he himself was also a victim of physical violence

These curiosities should have been answer by a parent, Victor Frankenstein. However, Victor never put any effort in guiding the poor and innocent child. Evelyn Yeo in “How Does Emotional Abuse Affect Self- Esteem,” concludes that from the time of infant-hood to childhood, a child’s sense of self is defined by how he was treated and what he was told by his parents and primary caregivers. Infants especially, have no knowledge of who they are as a separate person so they rely heavily on their parents’ feedback. From parents’ trust, affection, and encouragement, the child will eventually grow up with confidence and achieve potential to make him or her parents’ proud. Overtime, self esteem will soon build upon them so they are prepared to be set in the real world (1).

John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17 1942. Gacy had an uneventful childhood up until the age of eleven. While out playing he had been struck on the head by a swing. Subsequently he suffered fainting fits for many years.

Beliefs are the things that we hold dearest to us, believing that they are true and correct. Most of the time though, there’s no proof or evidence to support these beliefs. The biggest belief in many

A belief is defines a true statement, something that exists, or the trust and faith in someone or something. We all have beliefs and have obtained those believes individually in many different ways and whose to say that belief is right or wrong, or true or false. As with a myth, a traditional story, mostly believed to be a false idea or false believe.

Involvement is the amount of time or energy you spend on legit conventional activities. Belief is whether or not a person believes in moral validity of the law and their respect for authority.

A relationship between a father and son can have a decidedly profound impact on each other’s lives. Whether this relationship is bifurcated, the psychological effects of having an intimate or inadequate parenting skills can have a nurturing or depriving effect on a child's personality from birth all throughout adulthood. This relationship although sustained has the potential to be either beneficial or untenable. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we see a breakdown between a father and son relationship which created a very detrimental effect. The carved figure of a son that Okonkwo had predicted was erased due to his egoistic character and his terrible parenting skills.