Killing Lincoln's Assassination Rhetorical Analysis

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America forever, by Bill O’Reilly details one conspiracy leading up to and following the assassination of the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln, president during the Civil War and a strong supporter of the Union, had many enemies who were against his beliefs and opinions. These enemies are the reason Lincoln never got to see the nation reconciled after the war. The assassination of Lincoln occurs only five days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
President Lincoln’s main goal as president was bringing the nation back together after many horrendous battles. During the war, he met with General Grant several times and discussed the events and hopes for the nation once the war had ended
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John Wilkes Booth, was a popular actor and a man who strongly hated Lincoln. Booth and a group had met, discussed, and tried to kidnap Lincoln. However, the kidnaping never happened and Booth decided he did not just want to kidnap him but kill him. No one knew the death of the President would occur except for Booth and his conspirators. But once it happened everyone knew who and what had happened because Booth wanted an audience, it was has final farewell on stage.
Meanwhile, O’Reilly shares all the conspiracies of Lincoln’s death. Before Lincoln made the deadly decision to attend Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater, he was warned multiple times he should not attend such an event because numerous people wanted him dead. Yet, Lincoln persisted he would be fine with his small security detail, whose main job was to protect the white house from vandalism. Their second job was to protect his life, which was suitable for him. Ironically, Lincoln worried about everyone but himself, even though he had a dream that the President was