Looking for Richard

The Watergate incident simultaneously had the three results of changing the American people’s public view of the president, the relationship between the government and media, and the media from a somewhat collaborative to competitive industry. These all contributed to several areas of exploration. On June 17, 1972, five men were taken into custody for the act of burglary. They were found lurking inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters which was in Washington D.C. inside the…

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a book that details the murder of members of the Clutter family. The book takes place in Holcomb, Kansas, a small and quiet city. Perry Smith and Richard Hickock were the two men convicted of murder. Essentially, Richard was the mastermind behind the murder, he was in charge and created the “blueprint” for the killing in which he used Perry as his puppet. Perry Smith was the man who actually did the killing, in other words he was the one who got his hands dirty.…

Our film was an adaption of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. We had three parts in the film, the introduction to the world, Neville meeting Ruth, Neville and Ruth having dinner. My main contribution was through the editing and I also directed the chase sequence. We chose I Am Legend because it was fresh in our minds and we’d seen three adaptions of the book already. We decided that Neville and Ruth’s relationship would be the easiest to portray on screen since we only needed two actors. The…

John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, and is one of the four presidents who were assassinated in office. JFK’s death was an alarming event for our nation and many people were shocked. President Kennedy’s assassination caused many people to generate conspiracies about what may have “truly” happened regarding his death because of the unresolved case of who truly killed the president. Some people have a hard time digesting such adverse events, therefore leading them to invent…

prevent drug use for certain drugs. Acts such as The Pure Food and Drug Act and Harrison Narcotics Act in 1914 are some of many examples that I will be sharing. In 1986, Ronald Reagan doubled down on the war of drugs that had been started by president Richard Nixon in 1971 (Bandele, 2016). Drugs were known for being bad because they fried your brain. Drug dealers were monsters because they sold to our neighborhoods. They were the reason why our cities were failing. In the 1990’s incarceration…

The bloodcurdling narrator believes he can get away with murder, until the guilt overwhelms him; consequently, the narrator reveals to the cops that he committed the crime. Similarly, in Truman Capote’s novel, the unrealistic American Dream haunts Richard “Dick” Hickock and Perry Smith, so they fearlessly murder the Clutter family. Dick and Perry grow up in undesirable childhoods that lack conditions for them to grow into successful people. Plagued by failures…

I think the sentence sets the time of the book because it clearly displays a very outdated form of belief. Back in the fifties, it was odd to date as a teenager, even worse if the person was of another race or religion. I can tell that the community is probably conservative, because even different denominations of the same religion cannot be in a relationship. (65 words). It is obvious, from the introduction of Mrs. Clutter that she is depressed. The page after this explains her…

In this case, however, because of the outcomes, the fate of being largely forgotten is probably better than the fate of being actually remembered, and something tells me President Trump might in four or eight years be looking down that same sort of barrel. I’m talking about James Buchanan. Buchanan, the only President to remain a bachelor for the entirety of his life, is remembered for his many missteps in the years leading up to the Civil War, but nothing reflects his…

performance. Cecil observed 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower grappling with school desegregation, 35th President John F. Kennedy proposing the Civil Rights Act, 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson about to sign the voting rights act and 37th President Richard Nixon plotting against the Black Panther and lastly 40th President Ronald Reagan’s refusal to support sanction against South Africa. Before Cecil resigns, he…

affected voters’ opinions and final decision. John F. Kennedy, the democratic candidate, was senator from Massachusetts and had only served for one term. He was the first Catholic to run for president on a major party ticket (History.com Staff). Richard Nixon,…