Harold Shipman's Death

Improved Essays
Why did he do it? Why did Harold Shipman, a popular doctor with a seemingly unparalleled bedside manner murder all these people? I do not know that answer to that question definitively. Based on my research, I could draw several conclusions as to why Harold Shipman may have carried out these cold heinous acts.

First, it could have related back to the death of his mother. At the age of 17, Harold Ship lost his mother to cancer. The passing of anyone’s Mother certainly has an impact on their emotional state for a period of time. I recently lost my mother to cancer, consequently, I have no desire to kill others as a result of that. It could be speculated, Harold Shipman struggled with the loss of his mother in such a way that he took it out

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Introductory Paragraph A powerful person has people who will follow him and do what he wants them to do. When the person keeps his followers happy, his power lasts and he gains more followers. The more followers he has, the more power he has. This power lasts until the person messes up or makes a mistake that turns his followers away.…

    • 1249 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Writer and mountaineer, Jon Krakauer in his article, “How Chris McCandless Died” implies that Chris McCandless didn’t die because from consuming poisonous seeds. He develops this claim by first addressing his previous claim on how McCandless died from consuming Hedysarum alpinum, or more commonly known as wild potato, which he claimed to contain toxic alkaloid that leads to starvation. Then Krakauer explains how he collected the seeds McCandless collected, and had them tested by Dr.Clausen, which he proved that the seeds were not toxic and had no alkaloids. Finally, Krakauer explains what ODAP along with how McCandless died from ODAP. Krakauer’s purpose is to prove that McCandless died from ODAP, and not wild potato seeds in order to clarify…

    • 149 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It is found quickly that Harold has had an interesting childhood with a mother that is uninvolved. That is, she doesn’t quite care what Harold does, until it directly affects her. This is evident when Harold brings home a hearse as a car and parks it in the driveway. Immediately she becomes the authoritarian parent, harsh and strict,…

    • 571 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    It has been roughly sixty years since the callous manslaughter of Emmet Till took place, but yet gratuitous murders of young minorities have not ceased to exist. It is alarming to me that racial struggle in America has not perished, but then again this nation was taken by the white man and created for the white man’s disposal. We as minorities were never meant to rejoice in freedom or take part in the pursuit of happiness because of the blatant fact that we were meant to be someone’s property. Emmet Hill like any other sensible person wasn’t fond of this philosophy. He believed that he was equally obligated to the same rights as any other American citizen.…

    • 550 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Death Of Robert Newsom

    • 1074 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Before we can even talk about why there were charges against Celia and what were the circumstances; first, we need to talk about the events that led to the murdering of Robert Newsom. It all started in 1850, when Celia a name of a young slave girl who was bought a man named Robert Newsom who was from Missouri. He was an owner of a plantation in Callaway County and purchased Celia at the age of 14. We still clearly do not know about her life before she was bought by the Newsom family. Robert Newsom who was a recent widow raped Celia when he was taking her back to the farm.…

    • 1074 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Ted Lavender's Death

    • 215 Words
    • 1 Pages

    In the final chapter of his novel The Things They Carried, author Tim O’Brien discusses the way he and his fellow soldiers cope with death; they would view the dead as if they are still breathing. Men walk up to a deceased man, shake his hand, or ask him to “gimme five” (214), which to some would be discourteous, but it acts as a funeral where the soldiers can pay their respects. Similarly, they would keep “the dead alive with stories” (226). After Ted Lavender’s death, the soldiers revive his memory by acting as him or saying his expressions. Both of these coping mechanisms allow the men to grieve without carrying any sorrow or guilt.…

    • 215 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “The Strange Death of Silas Deane” The object of historians is to tell the facts of the past without changing the details or changing the perspective of the past. Historians serves as couriers between the old times and the modern times. The transition between the past and to the present can create a misconception of what really happened. For example, the death of Silas Deane.…

    • 701 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The doctor didn’t want the man to suffer, but he also didn’t want to be the reason for this man’s death. After the strangulation thoughts, the doctor exists the man’s room in a panic to see the family patiently waiting. As the doctor is telling the family that he just isn’t ready to die, the woman says “He is ready, you ain’t” (Selzer 146). If the doctor was so uncomfortable with the thought of a medical murder, why did he even consider a much more personal murder? For the sake of the man’s comfort and the family’s…

    • 686 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Death is an inseparable, inevitable, and an unavoidable part of life. It should not cause us to live in fear, but rather to live every moment or every second of the life to its fullest. It is important to not bury our heads in the sand, instead, to make responsible preparations which include our wishes for best for our family, friends, and relatives and also financial and legal arrangements for those who are left. Death gives us total reason for living because it provides us structure on how we appreciate and how we guide our lives. We should prioritize every important thing or activities or even the goals that we plan to accomplish before our eternal voyage.…

    • 1052 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Big Harold Summary

    • 1280 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Our goal should be to become more than we are, for Harold he needed to be more understanding and accepting. Harold became so certain that his way of morality was the proper way, and he was too blinded to the possibilities of doing things differently that might be beneficial to himself. Harold could never accept people of color because his morals went against the belief of equality, he could never have musical instruments because he took a few scriptures too literally, and he could never accept feminism and gay rights. Harold was culturally blind, he was unable to understand and accept…

    • 1280 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Dealing with the war, he goes from a nonchalant perspective to being disillusioned and broken down into realizing the true horrors and trauma war can bring upon, and defeat is not worse than war itself (Benson 88). Henry also was not very adept in maintaining good connections between him and his friends. The only one true concern and care he had was Catherine, with which whom he shared what one could consider an obsessive relationship. In the end, out of all of Henry’s evolution, it all boiled down to him longing for the one thing he had true and positive feelings…

    • 1068 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mishaps In Frankenstein

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Throughout Frankenstein, a multitude of mishaps occur; for instance, the murder of Victor Frankenstein’s brother, a ghastly-looking monster’s formation and the Monster’s possible lover’s, creation. These all represent mishaps, because of the damage they cause. They cause damage to families, more specifically Frankenstein’s family and they cause self-pity to the Monster, by bringing him false hope of a future lover and deception, because Victor did not properly parent his creation. Both Victor Frankenstein and the Monster inflict damage to their community and themselves. This paper will discuss the blame that Victor Frankenstein and the Monster carry.…

    • 822 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    It is through conflict that the character finds their true self, whether it be a tragedy, obstacles or a journey. Hamlet's character became a melancholic, vengeful, violent, impulsive person because of his father's death. Piscine Patel fights for survival with a Bengal tiger becoming cunning, enduring, and brutal. Holden Caulfield struggles with his judgemental, anti-social behaviour that enables him to become more alienated during his journey in New York. His experiences in life, school and the three days alone in New York leads him into depression.…

    • 2529 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    Racial Bias In Health Care

    • 1205 Words
    • 5 Pages

    I came across a report Racial Bias in Health Care and Health penned by Dr. David R. Williams and Dr. Ronald Wyatt which discusses racial and ethnic disparities from a health care perspective and why steps should be taken to address it. He shares his experience when confronted with implicit and explicit bias as a patient at a local hospital. Implicit bias is behavior that results from subtle implicit attitudes and implicit stereotypes that often happen unconsciously and without any overt intent. I personally connect to this article as I recall several instances where my mother, grandmother and I were involved with medical personnel who we felt treated us negatively due either to biases, microagression, lack of cultural humility/sensitivity,…

    • 1205 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The chapter “‘You’ll Never Believe What Happened’ Is Always a Good Place to Start” from the Native Narrative “The Truth About Stories” by Thomas King explores the twisting path of how stories configure who we are, how we interpret, and how we interact with the world around us. Thomas King uses detailed examples in his writing that exceed what he is trying to say. For instance, as a narrator, he tells a story about the moment he discovered what happened to his Father. The narrator's Father left when he was only a little boy, remarried twice, and had seven more children who never knew that the narrator nor his brother existed until the day of all their father's funeral.…

    • 1085 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays