Killing Kennedy Book Review

1109 Words5 Pages
Josh Cardwell Mr. Samuelson Civics Honors 30 December 2015 Killing Kennedy Book Review Kennedy was an interesting man. He was quite a character. The book Killing Kennedy really showed his true attributes. Kennedy had a bumpy road as his first couple months as being president. In 1961 as the cold war comes abroad, Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of communism. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a real test for the young president. Through this crisis Kennedy really showed his leadership skills as he handled the crisis pretty well for being so inexperienced. Kennedy was assassinated by a crazy man with the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. The events leading up to his assassination are quite shocking. In Killing Kennedy it successfully gave accurate…show more content…
Although there was one man who wasn't much of a fan of Kennedy. His name was Lee Harvey Oswald. He was a communist guru. He was a former marine that lived in Russia for a good part of his life. Oswald had a wife and a baby girl. "Oswald is a defector. In 1959, at age nineteen, the slightly built, somewhat handsome, enigmatic drifter decided to leave the United States of America, convinced that his socialist beliefs would be embraced in the Soviet Union. But things haven't gone according to plan." (pg 16). He despised kennedy and wanted him dead. Oswald was quite the loner and he was a hot head. He spent the majority of his time reading Communist magazines. He was definitely aware that Kennedy was anti-communist. Oswald was offended because he believed communism was the way to go for every political system. Early in Kennedy’s presidency, He with the help of his brother and his right hand man, Robert battled hard to maintain a good standing in the eyes of the public in America. Kennedy was an interesting man in the white house. He had countless affairs with woman in the white house including the troubled starlet Marilyn Monroe. With all of this going on,…show more content…
I was really interested throughout out the entire novel. It was very well written and organized. O’Reilly kept me engaged at the end of every chapter which made me want to keep reading. With there being a lot of facts I really learned a lot of new things about Kennedy that I didn’t know. This novel really hit me. It changed my perspective of the president, in a good way. This novel showed me how brave the president has to be and the leadership they have to for take. Kennedy was for the most part a good man who had his life cut way too short. “Most people live their lives as if the end were always years away. They measure their days in love, laughter, accomplishment, and loss. There are moments of sunshine and storm. Yet life can end in less time than it takes to draw one breath.” (pg 289) I didn’t know much about Kennedy before reading this. I learned that he was humorous, extremely intelligent, and dignified. He always took matter into his own hands and was never out to blame anyone else but himself. I like how O’Reilly put some images in the book to help give you a visual. I would recommend this novel to
Show More
Related

  • Aldous Huxley's Influence

    1919 Words  | 8 Pages

    Aldous Huxley: Inspired, Intelligent, and Insightful Many people enjoy books about a dystopian future that give them a contrast to the world they live in. An author who provided an escape from the real world was Aldous Huxley through the use of his descriptive settings. Throughout his life, Huxley was greatly influenced by his family’s career paths. His father was a professor, great uncle a poet, grandfather a contributor to the theory of evolution, and aunt a novelist. While Aldous Huxley faced

    Read More

  • Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf Analysis

    4590 Words  | 19 Pages

    Woolf? has also received many awards, including the New York Drama Critics’ Award (1962), a Tony Award for Best Play (1963), the Foreign Press Association Award (1963), the Antoinette Perry Award (1963), the Outer Circle Award (1963), the Saturday Review Drama Critics’ Award (1963), the Variety Drama Critics’ Poll Award (1963), and the Evening Standard Award (1964) (Gallagher). In addition to portraying a couple estranged from reality, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? expresses the unconventional life

    Read More

More about Killing Kennedy Book Review

Open Document