C.A Whitman pounced on his son and proceeded to throw his son in the pool. A few days after the fight between the two, Charles Whitman applied for enlisted in the United States Marines; he left for basic training on July 6, 1959. Now it was Charles Whitman's chance to prove to his father that he was becoming a man (MacLeod 2). Charles Whitman's adulthood started when he was stationed at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Within months, Whitman excelled in shooting. He excelled especially in rapid fire from long distances and scored high on shooting test, 215 out of 250 possible points. He earned a Good Conduct Medal, the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, and a Sharpshooter's Badge. These traits would later prove to end in catastrophic results and become part of one of the bloodiest shooting rampages in American history. Anxious to prove himself as a man, Whitman set his top priority on becoming the best Marine possible. To Whitman, his advancements were another step further from his brutal upbringing. He was now becoming a man (MacLeod 2). Charles Whitman took interest in the Naval Enlisted Science Education Program (NESEP). The NESEP was made for up-and-comer Charles Whitman fancied himself to be. NESEP was a scholarship program designed to train engineers who would later become officers. Charles Whitman took a competitive exam and then went before a selection committee, which chose him for the prominent award. Everything was paid for by the Marines, he would also receive an extra $250 a month for his own expenses. Now that Charles Whitman was attending the University of Texas, he found himself suddenly free to use his time as he pleased, but his free time would ultimately lead him to trouble (Lavergne 19,20). Charles Whitman was arrested for poaching deer and accumulated debts from gambling. Whitman refused to pay his debts, which only aggravated dangerous characters.
A Man with Many Skills Have you ever heard of Walt Whitman? I have. Walt Whitman can be considered one of the greatest writers because of his great attributions to literature, one his different view of life and two his unique writing methods in which you can observe from many of his works. Us...
Charles S. Whitman calls Coalhouse, who reiterates to him his original demands that they return his vehicle and that Conklin dies for Sarah's death. ... Father then meets with Coalhouse, and approaches Whitman with his demands, at which point Whitman presents Coalhouse with both his Model T and Willie Conklin. ...
Henri celebrated democratic vistas and gritty, impoverished urban landscapes in the spirit of his hero, Walt Whitman. ... Emma Goldman invited Henri to join the Ferrer School faculty in late 1911 "by then he had painted her portrait and shared his admiration of Walt Whitman with her "and he stayed on for seven years. ... His love for Whitman was a strong point of convergence with Man Ray, who had been finding solace in his well-worn copy of Leaves of Grass for some time. ... In his warm and informal classes at the Ferrer School, Robert Henri made a point of circulating among the st...
D. W. Griffith was born in Kentucky, in 1875. His father was a wealthy southern farmer. During the war between North and South, he took the side of the Confederates, after the defeat Griffith's family became poor. In 1882, the year of Griffith's father dies, and after his death is that he is bank...
The estates of Joseph Webb and Charles Buckley are quite similar in size and structure, however, Webb was forced to pay 178 pounds in 1775, a hefty sum compared to Buckley's 30 pounds (Doc E). ... According to Walt Whitman, "Democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems, schools, theology, displacing all that exists, or that has been produced anywhere in the past, under opposite influences." ...
