Jackie Kennedy was part of the picture-perfect family made
here in the USA and housed in no other but the famous White House in the 1950’s
and 60’s. That was, until what is the now stigma of the Dallas area, happened;
her husband was shot and killed on November 22nd, 1963. Baraba
Leming, author of “Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story”,
emphasizes an unknown fact about the Kennedy’s life after their White House lifestyle left them in black attire and
unfortunately for America’s sweet Jackie, with PTSD. Leming’s new book has
highlighted the struggle of JFK’s wife endured after the assassination. PTSD
hadn’t been discovered, or more so even thought about before 1980, but Jackie
Kennedy was said by family members to have had sleeping issues, thoughts of
suicide, and extreme fear that she would be a target in the eyes of those who
despised her husband.
Analysis: An interesting thought brought to us by Leming, it
nonetheless shows that our leaders have had instances that make them afraid of
their people, rather than trusting. It shows that over the last few decades, the
public opinion has ultimately been an aspect of America that is detrimental,
not only to our leaders, but to our system. Assassinations install a fear in
our leaders that if they’re ideas don’t coalesce with that of our society’s,
they, too, may put themselves in an unsafe place. Also, this relates to the
APUSH event of Lincoln’s assassination and how different our opinions, parties,
and ideas have become from one another in America. Overall, Jackie Kennedy
represents that even our leaders and their families can develop problems that
we, as a society, can help prevent.
Courtesy of USA Today
Blogger Entry Written by Elizabeth Muscari 6th Period
Read more at http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/12/06/jacqueline-bouvier-kennedy-onassis-the-untold-story/19884731/
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