Annie Wilkes

“ I am determined to be a villain” - John Wilkes Booth. This is a quote from John Wilkes Booth before he wrote his final diary entry. In his diary he was explaining that he wasn’t a villain for assassinating Abraham Lincoln but was astonished of the county’s reflection of it.There were many more factors that led John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, but just three were the most important. The first factor that led John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln was his hatred…

Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth, I have chosen to dig deeper into it. Instead of looking only at the actual situation, I wanted to look at the mindset and motives that Booth had for the assassination. To understand it all, I will go over the motives of Booth and his accomplices, the plot that was carried out that day, and Booth’s mindset following the assassination. In order to understand exactly why Booth did what he did, it…

Identity of the characters in any type of literary work can set the stage for the complete background of the story. According to Michael LeMahieu “identity is a role one performs publicly for an audience rather than a private essence one contains inside” (LeMahieu 33). It allows the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the meanings behind the characters. This holds true revolving around the identity of the characters in Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks and Joe Turner’s Cone and Gone by…

goes on to discuss about John Wilkes Booth and what he does within the time before Lincolns assassination. Part three of the Book “The Long Good Friday” is about Lincoln and what he is doing and also about Booth is doing leading up to the assassination. Now the final part “The Chase” is all about John Wilkes Booth after the murder of Lincoln and the authorities trying to locate him. “The thesis is while general Lee and Lincoln were trying to win a civil war; John Wilkes Booth…

which consists of reading his bible and “not because it is Good Friday but because starting the day off with a scripture is a long life custom” (144). He may read his Bible but he is not a religious man. While Lincoln is getting his day started, John Wilkes Booth says his final goodbyes to his fiancé Lucy. By this time, she knows that she will not see him again and seems to be content with the information. He knows that he will never see her again after he assassinates the president. He goes on…

Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard wrote the book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, is about Abe(delete) Lincoln and his days leading up to his assassination is Ford Theater. Killing Lincoln is an attempt to fill in some pieces about the assassination of President Lincoln. The Book (use the title of the book: Killing Lincoln…)starts out as Lincoln is being sworn into the presidency of the United States. Also the book starts with Confederate War, when there…

Bill O’Reilly is a tv talk show host for Fox News. He is a journalist by trade and at one time he was a high school history teacher. Bill O’Reilly has also authored or coauthored many books including the one we are about to discuss. Killing Lincoln was written as if you are looking through the character’s eyes. Bill O’Reilly was a high school history teacher and even admits in the forward of the book Killing Lincoln he was surprised at all the conspiracies when they started writing the book.…

The novel Killing Lincoln, written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, portrays the steps leading up to the assassination of President Lincoln and the effects after. The author sequences the book in chronological arrangement through the historical events. Bill O’Reilly is a political television show host on the channel Fox News. O’ Reilly is an accomplished author; he has produced numerous historical novels. Also, the author majored in history and graduated from Harvard, so this knowledge makes…

“Sic semper tyrannis!” These were the words spoken by John Wilkes Booth after he shot Abe Lincoln, meaning “Thus always to tyrants.” Killing Lincoln is an historical non-fiction book that thoroughly explains the events of the most well-known conspiracy in America; the assassination of the sixteenth US President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted murder of Secretary of State, William Seward. It was written by, quite possibly, the most talked about political commentator in America, Bill O’Reilly.…

locating and capturing Lincoln’s killer and conspirators, to condemn Mary Surratt to death. There have been many arguments and opinions over the years about whether or not Mary’s sentence was justified. But, while Mary had a strong connection to John Wilkes Booth’s, she should have been imprisoned rather than hanged for her involvement assassination plot. Mary’s crime was insignificant compared to other’s. Dr. Samuel Mudd provided refuge and medical treatment for John W. Booth while Booth was…