Summary: Purgatory Waiting For Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald: as a child showed signs of violence and rebellion He was described as a “latchkey” child who came from school to an empty home. He had no father figure and his mother constantly worked. Lee and his mother often move from one place to another. There was an occasion where Lee was sent to a youth detention center for 3 weeks of psychiatric evaluation and he was described as a “kid who had never developed a really trusting relationship with anybody. He really interacted with no one. You got the feeling of a kid nobody gave a darn about” (Rockwood, 2013). He was obviously neglected he spend majority of his time at home alone, he prepared his own meals and his mother was never home. He never felt the love from his mother or brothers and dislike being around others and at age 14 he was diagnosed with "personality pattern disturbance with schizoid features and passive - aggressive

On November 22nd, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was concluded by The Warren Commission that the man who assassinated President Kennedy was 24 year old, Lee Harvey Oswald. Less than 48 hours after Kennedy was shot, while Oswald was being transferred to the county jail, he was assassinated. Lee Harvey Oswald was killed before he could undergo any psychological or psychiatric analysis, so it is impossible to know for certain what his mental state was at the time of President Kennedy's assassination. The Warren Commission states that they were unable “to reach any definite conclusions as to whether or not he (Lee Harvey Oswald) was ‘sane’ under prevailing legal standards (Warren et al., 1964, p. 375).” I do not

Although there have been numerous assassination plots and attempts, there have only been four successful presidential assassinations in the history of the U.S. Today I’ll be comparing and contrasting two different president killers: John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald. They lived almost a century apart, but still have many similarities. Lee and John basically did the same crime, assassinating a U.S President, however, they have numerous differences.

Both authors describe the devil similarly. When first encountered, they portray him described as a mostly normal person, with only a subtle clue to his

All eyes on them, some even with tears, and the three thick ropes with a noose on each end. They dangle there waiting… This was happening now, it was really happening. His heart was beating out of his chest and his palms were sweating, as he stepped up, step by step until death itself was palpable. As he looked out into the crowd, he felt the rope being placed around his neck, then as the rough rope got tighter he could feel the relief of his sins. He knew he was doing right by god, he was ready. As they said their prayer in unison, one by one the floor beneath them all was swept away and all that was left was the three bodies hanging silently.

left him half dead. Soon a priest came by and saw the man, and walked

Based on my research, I would like to dedicate my paper to Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was born on October 18, 1938, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His dad died of a heart attack and later sent to an orphanage to live with his two older brothers. He was a United States Marine, who later in his life killed John F. Kennedy. He was murdered by Jack Ruby while he was in police custody and being taken to County Jail.

The Book is written by a former radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal who, during the time in the book is in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his execution. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Live from Death Row is a collection of writings while he was in prison which tells a passionate and emotional account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. He explains the rules and regulations and day to day life in prison, on death row. He goes into detail about not only his feelings about prison life, but almost the feeling of life in general after being in prison compared to life out of prison. He explains what rules are enforced and which rules he violates and what is the outcome. He speaks of racism and political bias not only in America but mainly in the American justice system which he experiences first hand. He tells of instances of controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech against himself and others. This book is a compilation of the notes Mumia has taken over the years he was in prison and he highlights specific incidents to show readers what the life of a prisoner on death row is like. This volume is a collection of his writings, which documents the life in prison from his first-hand experience. I, like many I believe found this book fragmented as it is broken up into many short areas of topics and thought processes which he articulates and attempts to explain one issue after another to

'I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed, and the devil of hot desire; but, by all the stars! These were strong, lusty, red-eyed devils, that swayed and drove men - men, I tell you. But as I stood on the hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a rapacious and pitiless folly. How insidious he could be, too, I was only to find out several months later.'

In the last chapter of this novel, “The Threshing-Floor”, Baldwin dedicates this chapter to John’s journey to his spirituality. In the opening chapter John describes a feeling of possession as he and his congregation is in pray. Baldwin narrates the events happening to John, “And something moved in John’s body which was not John. He was invaded, set naught, possessed. This power had struck John, in the head or in the heart;” As his mind is taken on this journey he feels like he’s lost mobility. His body becomes weightless, but he does not want to subdue, he fights to rise up. He does not want to fall, because he feels like it’s a dungeon deeper then hell. In his trace he sees his family all about him and the congregation members. John does what I would do, he looks towards his father for help, when he looks into his face, what he sees is not light, but darkness. There was no warmth or compassion from his father. This is why he felt the way he did towards his father; he loathed him because that is what his father showed him. His feelings of hatred is depicted in this passage narrated by Baldwin,

Yes, because some people saw that Lee Harvey was seeing him on the sixth floor when John F. Kennedy was shot. The police evidence suggested that Lee Harvey Oswald was not part of the conspiracy, but assassinated the president was his own initiative. If they have evidence that shows there were more people that involved with President Kennedy’s assassination then why didn’t they go find the other two that was involved with it, it could have solved the whole entire case instead of having it a mystery for 50 years.

John is called by the United States to carry out an operation to rescue a group of POWs from the Russians. During the helicopter ride to the mission John reflects back on his previous combat experiences in Vietnam. One of which was during an attack he witnessed a small boy killed for running out too fast trying to ask the startled Vietnamese to help his wounded mother. “No man who could rationalize the death of a child could truly be called a man at all.” (Clancy 554)

Freedom is the ability one has to choose. Freedom is without consequence, fear of transgression, and lacks regret. Freedom is a fork in the road—a trail that leads to fortune in a field of traps. Humans have freedom and hold it as children do crayons, straying beyond the lines of purpose only to get lost in meaningless scribbles. Dante condemns these actions in his poem Purgatory. Dante invents a fictitious location in afterlife, liberating souls that have become prisoners of their own disarray. With a collection of paradoxes, vivid imagery, and active examples, Dante establishes a thorough process in which souls can be cleansed of the past and stride to their future. Purgatory is far from a place of punishment; it is rather a place

As his dying fire flickered, he trembled at the sight of his breath rolling from his mouth. Then God sent him an assurance, a vision that he is in danger, but far from what Bendenski had believed. As he stood half frozen he heard what could have only been the devil himself.

.Through all this time he stayed in the village corrupting it’s people and changing the way of life in the worst ways possible.That is until the day I met him.That was the day everything started to change.It was a dark day and the sky was threatening to pour out tears of rain that would drown the village.I was running to the shelter of my house when I ran right into him almost falling over.He caught me before I hit the ground and looked down at me as he held me away from the ground at a slight angle.He looked at me with the dark desire of demon and I knew what he was right away.He was not a mortal man but a demon in the guise of a mortal man.”