John Dillinger, is an important historical character in American history, but is the character manipulated in order to make Hollywood satisfied with ratings? John Dillinger was an American bank robber during the 1930’s and maintained certain key qualities. Michael Mann, the director of Public Enemies, does an excellent job of preserving the history behind John Dillinger, while also making an exciting movie. John Dillinger had a large impact on society in the 1930’s and even today. Though he was a criminal, his beginnings, intelligence, creativity, and confidence can not be discredited. John Dillinger had made society realize some of its many problems, so that the problems could be fixed for the future. Without this important figure, we would
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In the summer of 1924, Dillinger had become friends with Edgar Singleton; Singleton told Dillinger to rob a grocery store owner as he was on the way to the barber. After the grocery store owner had grabbed Dillinger’s gun and a shot went off, Dillinger decided to run to Singleton’s getaway car, but Singleton had ditched Dillinger. This event was significant in two ways, he had committed a robbery, which would get him used to doing ones in the future. Also the amount of time that Dillinger was sentenced for his first offence, and such a petty crime was astronomical. The court had sentenced Dillinger for ten to twenty years in prison. The longer a person is in prison, the more of a chance that they will make criminal friends that will encourage criminal activity. This became exactly true for John Dillinger, meeting Homer Van Meter, and Harry Pierpont. During an interview with the press Dillinger says that when he was arrested he met some good people in jail and they’ve become his partners in crime. Dillinger wrote to his father about how his early life shaped his future, “... I came out bitter toward everything in general… if I had gotten off more leniently when I made my first mistake this would never have happened.” This may have been one of the most significant letters from John Dillinger because people can look back on this and correct the mistakes of the legal system for the
In the summer of 1924, Dillinger had become friends with Edgar Singleton; Singleton told Dillinger to rob a grocery store owner as he was on the way to the barber. After the grocery store owner had grabbed Dillinger’s gun and a shot went off, Dillinger decided to run to Singleton’s getaway car, but Singleton had ditched Dillinger. This event was significant in two ways, he had committed a robbery, which would get him used to doing ones in the future. Also the amount of time that Dillinger was sentenced for his first offence, and such a petty crime was astronomical. The court had sentenced Dillinger for ten to twenty years in prison. The longer a person is in prison, the more of a chance that they will make criminal friends that will encourage criminal activity. This became exactly true for John Dillinger, meeting Homer Van Meter, and Harry Pierpont. During an interview with the press Dillinger says that when he was arrested he met some good people in jail and they’ve become his partners in crime. Dillinger wrote to his father about how his early life shaped his future, “... I came out bitter toward everything in general… if I had gotten off more leniently when I made my first mistake this would never have happened.” This may have been one of the most significant letters from John Dillinger because people can look back on this and correct the mistakes of the legal system for the