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Camelot, a grieving wife’s and later societies description of a wealthy, affluent, political prominent family dynasty known to the world as the Kennedy’s. John F. Kennedy, who was born into this world of privilege, from private schools, servants, and summer homes, would remain a recognizable and much talked about influence for generations to come. John F. Kennedy,” Jack or JFK” as he would be known to many, was an extraordinarily private and extremely mysterious yet unforgettable, and intriguingly charming young man. As such a private person, it would be decades, after his death in 1963, before biographers and filmmakers would be able to recount Kennedy’s life experiences. Through ascertaining archival documents, videos, speeches, and interviews, from early …show more content…
By utilizing neo-analytical, behaviorist, and psychological perspectives, this paper will provide a profound look into the personality, what made this man uniquely himself, of John F. Kennedy; through exploring events within his life and how they correlate to the man we have grown to love. On May 29, 1917, in Brookline, one of six cities to border Boston, Massachusetts, to devout Irish Catholic immigrants, John “Jack” Fitzgerald Kennedy was born. He is the second born, second son of nine children; four boys and five girls. Born to Joseph Kennedy, an ambitious man who’s need for success was amplified by business adventures and politics, and mother Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, a well prominent political family socialite. John’s father would broaden the Kennedy worth, through extensive investments in the stock market, becoming a millionaire before the age of forty. By the age of four John and his siblings would be moved into a twelve-bedroom rental home with nannies, maids, and nurses. From an outsider’s perspective the family was well adaptive however inside highly dysfunctional. Joe Senior was high achieving, very independent, and a womanizer, while Rose was representative of

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