Analysis Of Charles Merrett's Murder By Dr. William Chester Minor

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On February 17, 1872 Charles Merrett was shot by Dr. William Chester Minor on his way to work. Charles Merrett was supposedly sneaking into Dr. William Chester Minor's room every night and trying to poison him by way of metallic biscuit. This is the reasoning behind Charles Merrett's murder by Dr. Minor. In Dr. Minors time in the service he had to do some things that were not the most humane or heart satisfying, as you can say about many things to do with war. Dr. Minor was ordered to brand a D on the face of an Irish traitor. After returning home from war he always believed that poor men of Irish decent were breaking into his apartment and trying to kill him. One could say that would be the PTSD of the 1800's. Subsequently Minor was put on trial for the murder of Merrett. Yet he convinced the …show more content…

Is "The English-speaking world is better off for the death of Charles Merrett." ? The statement is true in my opinion. Without his death Minor would have never been sent to the asylum. Without being sent to the asylum he would've never felt the need or dedication to submit all those words. He provided many necessary words that are in our dictionary today. Without them our dictionary and vocabulary today could possibly be different. I wholeheartedly agree that the author agrees with the statement. If he did not agree with it I do not believe his dedication page would be the same. His dedication page states "To the memory of G.M.". I could only imagine who that could be. Without his death Simon Winchester would have no book at all. He would only have the professor, a boring history of the dictionary. He would be missing the madman, leaving out the only excitement and drama of the whole book. Without it Winchester has nothing but a history of the man who wrote the dictionary. He would not have the PTSD murderer who felt the need to donate his time and knowledge of 10,000 words. The author needed Merrett's death to have a

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