Bonnie And Clyde: The Downfall Of Bonnie And Clyde

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The Downfall of Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde a publicly romantized crime duo that traveled across the American Southeast, driven by the psychological need of committing crime and escaping the consequences. At an early age both Bonnie and Clyde Barrow were involved in mischief, Clyde started his criminal record as sixteen year old drop out going to see a girlfriend and not returning a rental car. Charges from the rental car company were dropped and nearly three weeks following Clyde was again arrested for helping his brother steel a small flock of turkeys, with the hopes of earning christmas money. Bonnie married young and dropped out of school setting the tone for a hard life she would live. Shortly after the separation of her and her

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