In the United States Constitution, the second amendment gives citizens the right to bare arms. This right was granted to help protect us from both foreign and domestic enemies and to be used as a weapon of last resort. For centuries that right was abused, but no one had ever abused that right as Charles Whitman did. Whitman used that privilege as a right to cause destruction and inflict pain in an attempt to solve problems of his own demise. Charles Whitman's past greatly effected the United States. From childhood to adulthood to his final days, Charles Whitman struggled through life. Charles J. Whitman was born June 24, 1941. He grew up in a five-member family: Charles Adolphus (C.A.), his father, Margaret, his mother, and two younger brothers, John and Patrick. Charles Whitman did not have life on easy street. By the age of three, Charles Whitman started attending a private kindergarten. At six years of age Charles Whitman administered an I.Q. test. For his age Charles scored a 138.9, exceptionally well for his age (Lavergne 1,2,3,6). As a child, Charles Whitman received harsh discipline from his father, C.A Whitman. Usually belts, paddles and fist were used to be sure this family complied with his rules and met his expectations (Lavergne 3). C.A Whitman was a wife beater. Charles Whitman would later loathe his father for the beatings he received throughout his life (Morris). C.A Whitman was a gun enthusiast. He gave his sons guns, motorcycles and other gifts that he felt fit as a reward for meeting his expectations. In Charles Whitman's mind, all of the luxuries that his father gave to him would never make up for all of the beating that he had received and the household problems. Shortly before Charles Whitman's 18th birthday, he was nearly drowned after being tossed into a pool during a brawl with his father. Charles Whitman arrived home one night drunk with some friends and upon sight of this and for other reasons unknown; the tensions became too great for Charles Whitman's father to handle.
A Man with Many Skills Have you ever heard of Walt Whitman? I have. Walt Whitman can be considered one of the greatest writers because of his great attributions to literature, one his different view of life and two his unique writing methods in which you can observe from many of his works. Us...
Charles S. Whitman calls Coalhouse, who reiterates to him his original demands that they return his vehicle and that Conklin dies for Sarah's death. ... Father then meets with Coalhouse, and approaches Whitman with his demands, at which point Whitman presents Coalhouse with both his Model T and Willie Conklin. ...
Henri celebrated democratic vistas and gritty, impoverished urban landscapes in the spirit of his hero, Walt Whitman. ... Emma Goldman invited Henri to join the Ferrer School faculty in late 1911 "by then he had painted her portrait and shared his admiration of Walt Whitman with her "and he stayed on for seven years. ... His love for Whitman was a strong point of convergence with Man Ray, who had been finding solace in his well-worn copy of Leaves of Grass for some time. ... In his warm and informal classes at the Ferrer School, Robert Henri made a point of circulating among the st...
"Vere as he is described to us," writes Charles A. ... In his The Times of Melville and Whitman, Van Wyck Brooks writes in regard to the religiosity of mid-nineteenth century America that "the day had long since passed when Stephen Girard of Philadelphia named his ship after Voltaire and other free-thinkers, and especially in the Southern states people spoke of deists now as they spoke of thieves and murderers." ...
