There’s no denying that Charles Manson was an individual with a distinctive and captivating personality. For instance, almost anything you read about Manson refers to him as being charismatic. “Note, for instance, a reporter’s observation: Manson had a charismatic personality, an undeniable presence. He was able to dominate, to bring others under his power” (Geis & Huston, 1971, p. 345). Likewise, many people correlate Manson’s magnetism and allure with regard to his musical abilities and natural charm. According to one of the Manson girls, “one day… a little man came in with a guitar and started singing for a group of us…Even before I saw him, while I was still in the kitchen, his voice just hypnotized me – mesmerized me” (Geis & Huston, 1971).
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In our world, he wouldn’t be that charismatic, but in the world in which he lived (i.e. the offbeat, dropout world of the hippie) there’s no question about it – there was something about him that was magnetic and charismatic because the kids just seemed to gravitate towards him. And, like I’ve said many times before, he didn’t have to get up on top of an orange crate and start screaming to get attention. So there was something charismatic about Charles Manson in the world in which he moved and, just like probably all of the villains and tyrants of history, he had some good qualities about him… Manson genuinely loved animals, children, and, at times, he could be more honest than anyone would expect him to be. He essentially was a very bad person, but even the greatest villains in history had some good qualities about him. (Investigation Discovery, 2008, “Who’s Charles Manson?” Scene).
Nevertheless, the importance of defining Manson personality goes way beyond labeling him by the definition of his crimes. In all actually, Manson has been subjected to the statistics and stereotypes of his social and cultural environment since the day he was born – starting with his …show more content…
His mother was a 16-year-old runaway named Kathleen Maddox and he didn’t know who his biological father was (Hickey, 2003). For the first weeks following his birth, Manson was called “no name Maddox” because of his mother’s inability to decide on a name – the first sign of the inadequacies of his mother, Kathleen Maddox. Nevertheless, Manson was formally given the name of Charles Milles Maddox later. This name was derived from Maddox’s random boyfriend at the time despite the fact that he was not the biological father of baby Manson. However, Manson’s designation was changed once again following Maddox’s marriage to a man known as William Manson, making Charlie Manson the household name we know and refer to as of
In our world, he wouldn’t be that charismatic, but in the world in which he lived (i.e. the offbeat, dropout world of the hippie) there’s no question about it – there was something about him that was magnetic and charismatic because the kids just seemed to gravitate towards him. And, like I’ve said many times before, he didn’t have to get up on top of an orange crate and start screaming to get attention. So there was something charismatic about Charles Manson in the world in which he moved and, just like probably all of the villains and tyrants of history, he had some good qualities about him… Manson genuinely loved animals, children, and, at times, he could be more honest than anyone would expect him to be. He essentially was a very bad person, but even the greatest villains in history had some good qualities about him. (Investigation Discovery, 2008, “Who’s Charles Manson?” Scene).
Nevertheless, the importance of defining Manson personality goes way beyond labeling him by the definition of his crimes. In all actually, Manson has been subjected to the statistics and stereotypes of his social and cultural environment since the day he was born – starting with his …show more content…
His mother was a 16-year-old runaway named Kathleen Maddox and he didn’t know who his biological father was (Hickey, 2003). For the first weeks following his birth, Manson was called “no name Maddox” because of his mother’s inability to decide on a name – the first sign of the inadequacies of his mother, Kathleen Maddox. Nevertheless, Manson was formally given the name of Charles Milles Maddox later. This name was derived from Maddox’s random boyfriend at the time despite the fact that he was not the biological father of baby Manson. However, Manson’s designation was changed once again following Maddox’s marriage to a man known as William Manson, making Charlie Manson the household name we know and refer to as of