Billy the Kid was undoubtedly one of, if not the, most infamous outlaws of his time. The Kid was charged for numerous murders and thefts, and succeeded in outrunning the law in more than one occasion, but he could not cheat death forever. However, he was not always a criminal, he was once just a normal boy who was dealt a bad hand. He did not have a father due to the fact that he left the family, and his mother died of Tuberculosis when he was just fifteen. Soon after that is when his life of crime began by a petty theft he and his brother committed. That was his first step onto a road paved of crime and apprehension. He began his life in New York City on November 23rd, 1859, but moved to Kansas when he was just a boy, and from there, he …show more content…
He along with his brother, were arrested for a minor theft. This put him on a stray path of what was going to be a very difficult life. However he did not stay in Jail very long; he escaped at the age of 17 and fled to Arizona in hopes of escaping the law. Soon after that, “on August 17, 1877, he shot, and killed Windy Cahill(Phillips), an older bully towards Billy”. Of course, this was not the best way to avoid the law. And to top it off, he ran right back to a southeastern corner of New Mexico, where he was initially wanted. To try and avoid the law as much as possible, he called himself “Billy Bonney.” “By then the Lincoln County war was in full swing”(“Billy The Kid” Gottesman), which lasted from 1878-1879. The Lincoln Country War began due to disagreements of parties because “the population of that section is divided into two parties, who have an intense desire to exterminate each other”(Gale American Eras). Although Billy had no part in …show more content…
It was a few months before Sheriff Garret acted on this bounty and rumors, and set out fort Fort Sumner in hopes of finding the Kid again. Sheriff Garret and two other deputies left Lincoln to question a resident of Fort Sumner. Garret “found the Kid at Pete Maxwell's ranch, an adobe house converted from the abandoned quarters of Fort Sumner”(“Pat Garret” Gotesman). Garret proposed that they “should go to the residence of Peter Maxwell” (Poe), a friend of one of the Kid. They stayed speaking with Maxwell for several hours trying to get any information possible that could lead to the arrest of The Kid once again. They stayed talking so long that the room was so dimly lit by the time they were wrapping things up with Maxwell. It was said that Billy entered the dim room and did not recognize Garret due to the poor lighting; because of that, he backed up, drew his revolver and said his famous query, “Quien es? Quien es?” which is Spanish for, “Who is it? Who is it?” The Sheriff recognized the Kid’s voice and shot twice, killing the Kid almost instantly. The first bullet struck Billy in the chest just above his heart, causing him to fall to the ground, gasp for a minute, and die. The Kid’s body was examined at night by candlelight and was stated to be William Henry Bonney’s body, and they buried him the next day July
A preacher’s son becomes one of the most wanted outlaws that ever lived. Jesse James was one of the toughest outlaws in the old west. Jesse committed lots of crimes most say it was to get revenge on the union soldiers for the cruel treatment him and his family received. He went from guerilla warfare to running with bloody bill and killing whatever got in there way. Jesse James grew up on a small farm, joined the army, and became one of the biggest outlaws of all time.
...erson & by not doing everything that his parents said he was able to find out the truth which I think, in the end would have made his relationship with his parents much stronger. Billy was very restricted & confined by the expectations placed on him by his family & as well as society & because of this was not able to express himself or find his own personal happiness but through dance he was able to discover who he really is & what he loves & by pursuing it he became a much stronger person, it even enabled him to stand up to his father in showing him how much he loves dance & in doing so also stood up to society & gender stereotypes, this made Billy a much stronger person, throughout the movie it also shows how Billy is able to make a better personal relationship with his father & his brother Tony who he grows closer to as he becomes his own person through dance.
The Kid was “an outlaw and a fugitive. He stole horses and cattle until he was arrested in 1880 for killing Sheriff Brady during the Lincoln County War” (Billy the Kid). Sheriff Pat Garrett tracked down McCarthy and eventually got him to surrender. He was sentenced to death and went to jail to wait for his execution. While sitting in jail, The Kid requested his guard take him to the bathroom. While walking to the outhouse, McCarthy “gained possession of the guard’s gun and killed him” (The Life and Legend). McCarthy then obtained a shotgun from Garrett’s office and killed the second guard. He lastly used a pickax to get the shackles off of his legs, and proceeded to escape his execution on a horse. This was one of Billy the Kid’s last and most known acts as an outlaw in the late
Franklin Co., Virginia around the year 1858 or 1859, he was not sure exactly when he was born because there was never any paper work kept on slaves. His mo...
Billy is used to showing that everything happens because of fate. As a prisoner, Billy has no control over his day to day life. While Billy is in Dresden, the city is bombed, because of luck, only Billy and a few others survive the bombing in a slaughterhouse. The people of Tralfamadore tell Billy that humans do not understand time because everything they do is in singular progression.
In the book billy the main character goes coon hunting almost every night. His father stops giving him chores, and Billy gives him the money from his coonskins. One day, Billy and his grandfather make a bet with Ruben and Rainie Pritchard, that Billy's hounds can catch the legendary "ghost coon." The Pritchard boys set out with Billy to see if Old Dan and Little Ann can catch the ghost coon. The coon leads the dogs on a long, complicated chase, and the Pritchard boys want to give up. But Billy is determined find the Ghost coon. Finally, when the dogs have the coon treed, Billy refuses to kill her. Just as Ruben starts to beat up Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann begin to attack the Pritchards' dog. Ruben runs to attack the dogs with an axe, but falls and kills himself. Billy is very upset and so he goes to Ruben's grave with some flowers, then feels much better.
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his companion. Over their time together they fall in love and have a child before Billy is sent
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. It is commonly believed that he was born in Illinois, but in fact he was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. As Lincoln grew up, he moved to Illinois, where he spent most of his childhood as well as some of his adulthood. Lincoln lost his mother at age nine, due to milk sickness. This tragic loss led to Lincoln’s sister, Sarah, to care for him.
When Harvey was 21 years old he left to Colorado for the mining and later joined the Union army at Fort Union, New Mexico. Not long after leaving Ohio, Harvey Howard Whitehill married Harriet Stevens. Harvey Howard Whitehill was one of the founders of Silver City and he was later elected Sheriff. As the Sheriff, Harvey Whitehill was the first to arrest Billy the Kid. Not many know the story but those that do find it amusing. Billy the Kid was arrested by Sheriff Harvey Whitehill for stealing the China-man’s laundry. Billy the kid then escaped the county jail by shimmying up the county jail chimney. Sheriff Harvey Whitehill was attempting to help get Billy back on the right path in life and did not want to keep him in jail long because he had a long life ahead of him but Billy the Kid was destined to be an outlaw and Sheriff Harvey Whitehill’s attempt to get Billy the Kid back on the right track had failed. After being the Sheriff of Silver City for many years, he was elected into the New Mexico Territory Assembly and the Council of the 26th
In Chapter 2 of Slaughterhouse Five, we learn an awful lot about Billy Pilgrim. We learn that he was born an only child, drafted for military service, taken prisoner by the Germans, returned home a successful optometrist and had a nervous breakdown.
He was then taken as a prisoner by the Germans and was in Dresden when it was firebombed. Of course, that leaves a child traumatized and even messed up in the head because a child should not be sent to war without having any say. This then leads Billy to imagine what are called the Tralfamadorians, a race of aliens who have knowledge of the fourth dimension in which they say contains small moments of time occurring and reoccurring endlessly. Billy reveals his having been kidnapped by these aliens and taken to their planet, Tralfamadore. These aliens believe that all moments of time have already happened so in other words, they already know how the universe began and how it will end because to them, all moments repeat themselves endlessly. This then goes to Vonnegut’s idea that there is no such thing as free will. As defined by the Merriam Webster, free will is the ability to choose how to act or the ability to make choices that are not controlled by fate or God. With that being said it is a perfect example on how the Tralfamadorians don’t believe in free will as they think it is only talked about on Earth by human’s because they believe that everything has already happened and there is nothing they can do about it as they must be accepting of their fate. Although the Tralfamadorians believe that free will is only talked about by humans on
This world and its beliefs provide Billy with a way to escape the mental prison of his mind where even the sound of sirens caused him great distress. From the chronology to the diminishing reaction to the important moments in his life, Billy’s life becomes completely chaotic and meaningless, but he would not prefer any other alternative because this was the only one which was mentally
...o potentially change the outcome, Billy does nothing. His impending death is something that he faces with little resignation. He spends a large portion of his life knowing that Paul Lazzaro will be the ultimate cause of his death, but maintains the “so it goes” attitude that is so prevalent throughout the novel.
Then the end of the movie comes when Wyatt and Billy are killed by rednecks in a truck. The killing of Wyatt and Billy makes them martyrs. After Billy is shot, Wyatt hops on his bike and ride right past the truck that shot Billy. He had to know that they would shoot him as well but he realized that death was the only way he could truly be free.