Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer, once said, “Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it’s not practical. There are no stereotypes.” This idea is evidenced in the book The Only Living Witness. “When police arrested Ted Bundy and charged him with several rapes, kidnappings and murders, those closest to him were stunned, for they said, “Ted was one of us” (13). No one who was close to him believed he was capable of doing such repulsive acts; many speculate that his life was on a mental break due to his what he learned when he found his birth certificate, his misunderstood childhood and his new heartbreak when he started his 17 year killing spree. These were the events that made Ted Bundy snap.
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He spoke mostly in his classes. “It’s a formalized setting and the ground rules are fairly strict” (65). His new friends helped him open up enough outside of school to meet Liz Kendall (a pseudonym). Ted took a real interest in her and as time went on he began to love her. Unfortunately at age 23, Ted found his real birth certificate and found out that his sister Eleanor was in fact his mother. He kept it a secret but was filled with disgust. When his cousin threatened to tell his fiancée Liz, he gained the courage to tell her himself. Liz showed compassion and support. The secret got out, and his friends dropped him. Shortly after their engagement started, it came to an abrupt end. Liz left and “advised him to grow up” (69). Ted was left alone and confused. He now had resentment toward his family for lying, and toward the love of his life for leaving him. Some of his confusion was from his inability to connect with other people. Ted knew he was different, but no one understood him. His built up rage stayed within him until he was able to blow it off. His first kill was later that year. “What's one less person on the face of the earth anyway?”(326). His way of dealing and retaliating caused more than 30 girls to lose their life in savage, gruesome ways over the course of many years. He told himself, “Don't ever do it again,” but as time passed it turned into, “Don’t ever get …show more content…
His punishment was the death penalty, which he served was served on January 24, 1989. His last words were, “”I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends” (344). His friends remained shocked and his mother stood by his side defending him until he was gone. His life growing up should have been easy, but the events caused by his family mix him up and his social exclusion and peer confusion helped add to his rage; finally, he was left heartbroken. Every day is different and we all learn from the day before, but sometimes when major life-changing events all happen around the same time it may be difficult to understand, grasp and accept. For those like Ted Bundy, their response was to lash out, for they could not do anything else. As Ted Bundy tried to explain, “I haven't blocked out the past. I wouldn't trade the person I am, or what I've done, or the people I've known, for anything. So I do think about it. And at times it's a rather mellow trip to lay back and
“No …show more content…
He spoke mostly in his classes. “It’s a formalized setting and the ground rules are fairly strict” (65). His new friends helped him open up enough outside of school to meet Liz Kendall (a pseudonym). Ted took a real interest in her and as time went on he began to love her. Unfortunately at age 23, Ted found his real birth certificate and found out that his sister Eleanor was in fact his mother. He kept it a secret but was filled with disgust. When his cousin threatened to tell his fiancée Liz, he gained the courage to tell her himself. Liz showed compassion and support. The secret got out, and his friends dropped him. Shortly after their engagement started, it came to an abrupt end. Liz left and “advised him to grow up” (69). Ted was left alone and confused. He now had resentment toward his family for lying, and toward the love of his life for leaving him. Some of his confusion was from his inability to connect with other people. Ted knew he was different, but no one understood him. His built up rage stayed within him until he was able to blow it off. His first kill was later that year. “What's one less person on the face of the earth anyway?”(326). His way of dealing and retaliating caused more than 30 girls to lose their life in savage, gruesome ways over the course of many years. He told himself, “Don't ever do it again,” but as time passed it turned into, “Don’t ever get …show more content…
His punishment was the death penalty, which he served was served on January 24, 1989. His last words were, “”I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends” (344). His friends remained shocked and his mother stood by his side defending him until he was gone. His life growing up should have been easy, but the events caused by his family mix him up and his social exclusion and peer confusion helped add to his rage; finally, he was left heartbroken. Every day is different and we all learn from the day before, but sometimes when major life-changing events all happen around the same time it may be difficult to understand, grasp and accept. For those like Ted Bundy, their response was to lash out, for they could not do anything else. As Ted Bundy tried to explain, “I haven't blocked out the past. I wouldn't trade the person I am, or what I've done, or the people I've known, for anything. So I do think about it. And at times it's a rather mellow trip to lay back and