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his mother. Many nurture theorists claim that the sociological perspective on violence and aggression plays a large role in determining why a psychopath would lash out. This may be a clear reason to the way he behaves. Ed Gein faced many challenges and went through many different circumstances than normal child would when growing up. Ed Gein was isolated and faced alienation during his childhood primarily because of his mother. The term alienation and isolation is described as a feeling of separation from society. Augusta Gein who was his mother saved up money to move to a farm away from nearly everything so she could protect them and teach them what she believed in. “Augusta Gein moved to a farm on the outskirts of the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, to prevent outsiders from influencing her sons…Edward only left the premises to go to school” (2013, Blanco). This is a clear explanation to one of the ways Ed Gein thinks and how being isolated from society has crafted him into finally lashing out. He didn’t know how to hold relationships and was socially awkward. He was isolated for so much of his life and did not know how to cope with being set free after this mother died; he had an unnatural love and affection for his mother which she nurtured into him over years of isolation. Even after being set free by his mother’s death he decided to stay isolated from society and felt that he could not fit in with them. Furthermore, the labeling theory also plays a key role in…

According to the article, the second factor to the vulnerability of downward assimilation is location because it can “put new arrivals in close contact with concentrations of native-born minorities”(83). In fact, when my family and I moved to the United States, we move into a low-income community where the population is predominantly African American and Latino. I still live in this community, Plainfield. The significant portion of Latinos in Plainfield gives my family access to Central and…

different designers, textiles, also enhance my own style as much as possible. Plainfield, New Jersey has shaped me into the person I am today, and has contributed to my interest in fashion. With that being said, If I receive this scholarship and after receiving my college degree, I would be willing to come back to my community and give back. How would I give back to my community? Well, I have always been a person that enjoys giving. Giving means helping and I love to help people. With that…

in Psycho, Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, and Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were all horror movie characters inspired by one man. According to A.K. (2007), that man was Ed Gein. Born August 27, 1906, Edward Theodore Gein was raised on a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Gein suffered through a traumatic childhood, considering he had a violent drunk as a father and a fanatical Lutheran as a mother. Since his mother was devoutly religious, he was taught by her that women were…

Edward Theodore (Ed) Gein was born on August 27, 1907. He had an odd childhood, to say the least. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother was very religious. It was not a happy marriage but the two stayed together due to their religious beliefs on divorce. Gein and his older brother, Henry, grew up being taught from the bible from their mother. She mainly focused on all of the bad that the bible talked about, rather than both the good and the bad. They lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin for a…

Since our family did not have kids that had gone to school in the United States, my mom relied on the information she received from friends at work. This is what my mom had to say about her experience in the Board of Education of Plainfield, “Everyone had to work; I had to go by myself with you and your sister. I remember they told me they would get someone that spoke Spanish, but the person they brought in, spoke half English, half Spanish. It was hard to understand her”. This initial encounter…

Coliscan easygel nutrient broth was stored in the freezer. Around 24 hours prior to sampling, the broth was moved to the refrigerator to thaw. The sampling procedure follows the procedure stated in the Coliscan Easygel Instructions. When we were ready to begin sampling, the thawed broth was placed into a cooler. We started sampling at Cornerstone pond then move to the Wyoming site, then downtown Grand Rapids, then Plainfield, and then Versluis lake. The procedure for Cornerstone pond and…

guilty due to insanity. He was sent back to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. His things were auctioned off back in 1958 but in the previous year his house had be burned down in a suspected arson case. When he was told about his house he simply shrugged. Gein was once again transferred back to the Mendota Mental Health institute where he remained until his death on July 26, 1984 at the age of 77. His grave was placed between his parents and his brother in the cemetery. Many…

Charles tiffany was born on February 15, 1812, in killingly Connecticut. He went to a district school in an academy in Plainfield Connecticut, when he turned 15 he helped manage a small store with his father who was the owner of a cotton manufacturing company. In 1837 Charles tiffany and his friend john B. Young went to New York with $1000 dollars that Charles father lent to him and opened a small gift shop selling jewelry and silverware. During this time of his life on November 30, 1839 Charles…

People around Plainfield said he was like the handy man often helping them with something, therefore he seemed normal. Nonetheless back home, Gein was dealing with the absence of his mother in an abnormal way. He boarded up her room in which she use to live in, leaving it untouched and in tip top shape. He grew an interest in reading death-cult magazines as well. Gein would look at when funerals precessions were going to be held so he could dig up fresh bodies to experiment with. These bodies…