Patsy Ramsey Poem

The next question involved is with the courts, the adjudication, arraignment and the preliminary hearing. Throughout all of the investigations, they came down with one principle suspect. A Bronx carpenter by the name of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He passed a $10 gold certificate at a gas station from the ransom money and this led to his subsequent arrest, trial and finally the death penalty. Ultimately, the police found about $14,000 or more of the ransom money at the suspect’s home. “In newspapers, the case appeared open-and-shut. Hauptmann had entered the United States as a stowaway, with a prison record in Germany for robberies.” (www.lindberghkidnap.proboards.com) With no fingerprints that linked Hauptmann to the crime, nothing but circumstantial evidence in the case and the handwriting expert said that

MONEY Also when the came to investigate, they claimed that the footprints were un testable. The ransom money was claimed to be found in bruno’s house. Bruno hauptmann had the exact amount in the exact bills the ransom not said to. The second ransom note was sent because,

Condon, totaling to a staggering thirteen notes; some of which the Lindbergh’s provided the ransom money in gold certificates. All of the ransom notes were written in German penmanship and had countless grammar errors. Suspects in the case included: Charles and Anne Lindbergh, Elisabeth Morrow, Betty Gow, Oliver and Elsie Whately, and Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Charles Sr. was a suspect because of his suspicious actions during the night Charles Jr. was taken as well as throughout the investigation. He was in the study directly below his son’s nursery when he was taken and only heard a sound to which he suspected was something dropping in the kitchen. He was also the person who found the first ransom letter, after the police, Anne, and Betty Gow had searched the room for evidence. Anne was a suspect because she was also in the home at the time of the kidnapping. Resting in her room, due to a cold, she did not hear any suspicious noises. Anne’s sister, Elisabeth Morrow, was suspected of the crime as well. She was initially romantically involved with Charles Lindbergh, Sr. until he announced his engagement to Anne. Over time she became both physically and emotionally ill. Fits of violence made her staff believe that she had killed her own dog, and she was not allowed to be alone with Charles Lindbergh, Jr. for fear that she would harm him in one of her fits. Oliver and Elsie Whately were suspects because they were in the home at the time that the crime took place.

The title of Natasha Trethewey’s poem, “Amateur Fighter”, is what made me curious to read it. An amateur fighter is an odd subject choice. It is more common to read poems or even stories about great fighters or champions. The title also sets the tone of the poem. Obviously, the poem will not be about a hero, but instead, it will be about a fighter. It is also interesting that the poem is titled “Amateur Fighter”, yet the poem says that the fighter won a prize. It makes me think the word ‘fighter’ could mean a boxer or someone who is fighting for life or their place in it.

On the night of the murder, the family had gone on an outing, and was preparing to retire for the evening. . In the early morning hours of December 26, 1996, shortly after 5:00 AM, Patsy Ramsey woke up in her Boulder, Colorado home. As she headed for the kitchen she found a ransom note on her kitchen staircase (CNNLawCenter.2006). The child and a ransom note were found hours later. The local police and friends and family soon gathered at the home. The local police’s progress was hampered because there were so many people in the home; the crime scene was not secured which caused chaos with the police investigation because things were cleaned and moved around (Jenkins, 2013). Given the confusion and disarray at the Ramsey home, the crime scene became significantly contaminated. Unfortunately, the police were unable to gather proper evidence and conduct an effective investigation. Furthermore, the murder was sensationalized by the media which tangled the issues even more.

Investigators knew what they had to do, and knew they had the right suspect in questioned. They presumed with asking Bruno Hauptmann to write; where there would be a comparison of in handwriting from the ransom note to now, and the comparison was “unbelievable”. The similarities of strokes it takes to make that word or letter was amazing, gave investigator the evidence they needed to hold against him. Another component is the courts where substantial evidence will be used to hold Bruno Hauptmann with the crime. A preliminary hearing would proceed in which will show the court and jury the evidence that is brought before him.

Before John found his daughter's dead body, his wife, Patsy Ramsey, stumbled across a three-page ransom note on the stairs of their mansion. The ransom note stated that 180,000 dollars should be dropped off at a certain location in exchange for their JonBenet’s return. There is no proof that JonBenet ever left her house and why would someone spend all that time writing a note if they did not take JonBenet? No one knows why, but a handwriting

Reading Diane Ackerman’s piece was an interesting experience. I love science, so reading the really technical parts about how skin works, how growth is affected by human touch, and how smell is registered in the brain was fascinating to me. It is all interwoven with paragraphs filled with vivid imagery of the way violets smell: “like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet” (Smell, p 9) and the way the Japanese tattoo looks: “subtle, repulsive, magical, seductive, sensuous, three-dimensional, thought-provoking, and macabre” (Touch, p 100). The combination of intense bouts of scientific information and descriptive examples make for excellent reading.

Tone is a major contributor to the work of the “Hate Poem”. “Tone is an aspect of point of view since it has a great deal to do with the narrator. Tone is the narrator’s predominant attitude toward the subject, whether that subject is a place, event, character or idea” (Writing Essays about Literature, Kelley Griffith page 46). When analyzing the “Hate Poem” by Julie Sheehan, “To understand the tone of the poem, we need to listen to the words, as we might listen to an actual conversation. The key is to hear not only what is being said but also how it is being said.” (Kennedy and Gioia) Her use of several styles of irony help with the tone she is trying to convey. She uses the word hate when it has the ability to actually mean it’s

Corallee hackbarth has brightened my life a ton. She comes from a home that has no rules and she is able to do anything she wants. So when i moved here in 4th gr. she was automatically she was my best friend. We met on the bus, the first thing she said to me was “hey new girl wanna come sit with me?” So i said “ya sure.”

In “Calling a ‘Boy’ for a ‘Date’” Leah Neuman recounts an anecdote from her past involving -as the title implies- her first attempt to call someone and ask them out on a date. After briefly cursing her luck when her crush’s brother answers the phone instead and quickly reworking her plan of attack, Neuman answers her crush’s callback and successfully manages to go out for a nice weekend dinner. While humorous in nature, Neuman’s story also serves to highlight the rigmarole a person can turn even the simplest of social interactions into.

The two ransom demands do have a few things in common for example the use of an exclamation point at the beginning and the specific amounts regarding the money. Therefore, it could be argued that as was the Lindbergh demand that the Ramsey note is a genuine threat text. However, due to its length and additional text, there is doubt thrown in due to inconsistencies. Most notably is the argument that the author of the text is a native speaker, and appears well-educated due to the lexical richness. Contrastingly, is the Lindbergh case where the suspect was not a native speaker which was apparent through reading the notes that he was not well-educated in writing English. The two ransom demands do have a few things in common for example the use

Although the tragedy occurred in 1996, society continue to speculate and recently, a documentary, in 2016 saw the coming together of investigators in an attempt to solve the mystery. James Fitzgerald analysed the ransom demand and argued it cannot conclusively be alleged that Patricia Ramsey was the author but it did appear staged and was a native English speaker. On the other hand, it is not just the authorship which has raised questions, but its genuineness and if disregarding possible authorship, it could be said the note is genuine. Although the tragedy occurred in 1996, society continue to speculate and recently, a documentary, in 2016 saw the coming together of investigators in an attempt to solve the mystery. James Fitzgerald analysed

One day my friend Haleigh and I were having fun by ding dong ditching a close friend. We’ve already done a bunch of houses before, and it was Haleigh’s turn to ding dong ditch. Barefooted, she scurried to her house swiftly and quietly, trying hard not to be spotted. Then as soon as she rang the doorbell she took off running. She ran as fast as the speed of light. She ran so lightly on her feet that it looked as if a feather could knock her down. BOOM! All of a sudden she face planted. She fell rock hard to the ground. She started to scream in shock, pain, and horror. Her screeches were loud in my ears. As I saw her start to flip out, all I could think of was the image of her falling out of nowhere, tripping over her own foot. She made a not

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