Charles Manson Thesis Statement

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On November 21st, 1934, Charles Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Kathleen Manson - Bower- Cavender nee Maddox, was only sixteen at the time and was unmarried. Kathleen was soon sent to prison for five years when she committed armed robbery. Since then, Manson's life started to go haywire. When his uncle told him not to go to school, he set it on fire. He was sent to a reformatory school. He spent time with his mother and all of her assorted lovers. But when she couldn’t place Manson in foster care, she let the court put him in the Gevolt school for boys. After 10 months in the school, he ran away. He sought out his mother and when he found her, she wouldn’t take him take. This was a turning point for Manson.

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Most importantly, that's where Manson got his view on the world. Manson stated in a documentary called Charles Manson that “If you lie, you get punched… You don’t lie to the lieutenant, lieutenant don’t lie to you. There's a certain amount of truth in prison, and being raised in prison I was raised pretty much in the light of that truth.” In fact, when he was released it is to be said that he asked to stay in prison, as prison was the only home that he’d ever …show more content…

With Tex were Susan Atkins, Pat KRenwinkel and Linda Kasabian. That fateful night five people were murdered. The next night, tragedy struck again. This time, it was grocery shop owners Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. For this murder, Leslie Van Houten came along who was anxious to prove her loyalty to the family. Leslie states “I knew that people would die. I knew that there would be killing.”Along with her came Krenwinkel, Tex, Atkins, Kasabian and Manson himself. After the murders, the family got arrested on unrelated charges and moved back out to Death Valley. The family was arrested again for arson and auto theft but the police soon realised the dismal

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