So during class one day we were showed the assassination of Kennedy. I had heard a lot about what had happened. How there was his wave to the public, the multiple gunshots, and Jackie climbing into the back of the car. The tape was more surprising than I would have thought. I thought I was prepared for the most of it. However, the moment the first gunshot was fired caused me to flinch a bit. Even though you could not clearly see everything that was going on when Kennedy was shot, I felt a sense of importance. A sense of importance in the fact that history would be greatly affected by this event. Watching it over and over again caused me to feel a bit uneasy, but for some odd reason I just could not stop staring at the tape.
I find all this very interesting and there just seems to be so many coincidences for there not to be a conspiracy. I find it strange how someone would be filming the entire Kennedy assassination even though video cameras were quite rare in that time. I also find it interesting how the camera seems to be in the correct angle as to not give a clear indication of where the bullet was being fired at. From the video arose even more speculations such as the possibility that Kennedy actually was never shot. The way that everything happened seemed to give off the aura that fate played a part in the assassination of Kennedy.
I feel that in relation with the book, Lee plays a crucial role in the flow of history. Throughout the book Lee seems to have this attitude that he is able to do anything. It is said that he is a good Libra, because there is a balance towards him. Lee seems to be the tipping point that allows the fate of Kennedy’s assassination.
Well these are just my opinions.
So you see the fact of Zapruder even having a Super-8 (not video, yet!) camera itself as a suspicious coincidence? Now you're really getting into the spirit of the conspiracy mind! I don't know that Mr. Zapruder has ever attracted much attention from the theorists--he doesn't have known mob or KGB affiliations, for example. And in some ways, the serendipitous (or fateful?) existence of this footage works *against* the presumed conspiracy, as it preserves what appears to be evidence of multiple shooters. (Without the film, the eyewitness testimony of a few people who would have said the shot seemed to come from the other direction would have been easy to explain away.) The film is the origin of all the suspicion. But that doesn't mean that it's above suspicion!
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