Bonnie And Clyde Crime

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As we all know the tale of Bonnie and Clyde is a twisted story composed of passion and devastation. This true story just did not ring true to some during that time because it was completely unheard of for women to be a part of such crimes that were committed by the dynamic duo. When the majority of people think of Bonnie and Clyde, they automatically think of cold hearted killers who robbed banks because that is what we have been taught. Although they did commit brutal crimes, most of their crimes focused around petty small business robberies. In the beginning, most people looked the other way when it came to the couple but little did they know that the young couple would become two of the most notorious outlaws of all time (Guinn). …show more content…

Clyde had always had a craving for crime and began his criminal record as a young boy. His first crimes did not amount to much but he would steal from the local homes with his brother Buck and as we all know, his level of brutality within his crimes only increased. His first run in with the law was due to him not bringing a rental car back at the right time. I guess you could describe Bonnie and Clyde’s first meeting as “love at first sight.” They knew that they were meant to be together and that they were meant for some bigger purpose in the world (The Decades …show more content…

To me, Bonnie was always selfish and thought of herself more than she thought about Clyde. Within time, Bonnie got the attention and headlines that she had always dreamed of. When the papers first started to write articles about the crimes of Bonnie and Clyde, they left Bonnie out of the story because they figured she was being held hostage and forced to commit the crimes by Clyde. It would soon become known that Bonnie stood by Clyde’s side with every bad thing that they went to do and most of the time the person at fault and the one holding the gun was Bonnie Parker (McGasko). The couple obviously thought that they would never be stopped but in time they realized that death was inescapable. One of the famous poems of Bonnie Parker foreshadows their death. She writes, “Some day they'll go down together; And they'll bury them side by side; To few it'll be grief, To the law a relief, But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde.” Bonnie wrote this poem in the few short weeks leading up to their death and you can see that at that time the couple knew that they did not have much longer to live and they were giving up hope

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