Lee Harvey Oswald’s motive for the assassination of president John F. Kennedy remains a mystery. Lee Oswald was killed before he could be thoroughly questioned by the police, and he died without admitting his crime or motive. What makes this more confusing is the fact that in “The President Has Been Shot : The Assassination of John F. Kennedy”, author James Swanson states that “There is no evidence that Oswald hated the president. Much evidence suggests that he rarely thought about him at all.” In the online article “Why did Lee Harvey Oswald Kill President Kennedy?”, author Jeremy Bojczuk shows that Lee Harvey Oswald was known to hate authority and approve of communism, shown by his attempt to defect to the Soviet Union. This shows that Oswald’s views did not match those of the United States or the president, showing that Oswald could …show more content…
The assassination of John F. Kennedy shocked the world, and created many conspiracy theories which have not been solved. Many people are still debating whether these theories are true or false. The aftermath of the assassination caused many rumors that have been proven false. This assassination still affects the world today. The people who lived through this all remember it. People care about what could have happened that day in November, 1963. No one knows what life would be like today if John F. Kennedy had lived, or if it would be the same. No one will ever