Killing The King Persuasive Analysis

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Picture yourself on the edge of your seat in the cinema witnessing the latest Wes Craven slasher creation. You begin to agree with every single action that the killer performs. When leaving the cinema you spot a girl. You begin talking and she agrees to take a ‘ride’ in your car, not knowing the consequences. You see a back road which leads deep into the forest, she does not recognise the danger as you are in deep conversation to distract her. You stop the car. Your doors are locked and her fate is sealed. You remove a small handy Swiss-army knife which is placed neatly under your seat. You stab and kill your nightly partner similar to the way Michael Myers or Scream would do. Although this imaginary scenario seems completely obscure cases like this are not as rare as you may think. From attempting to kill your President to becoming a hazardous masked killer this is why I think fiction can give you a cruel future behind bars or even death.

When John Hinckley Jr took aim at President at the time Ronald Regen he wasn’t just imitating a movie he saw, he was trying to impress a female character from the movie by re-enacting the main characters actions which swept her off her feet. Hinckley …show more content…
One case which stands out from the Wes Craven inspired collection of copycat crimes is Thierry Jaradin. A man in his mid-20’s who was inspired by the ghost face slasher flick. He took his fifteen year old neighbour’s life into his own hands, Alisson Cambier. This crime was not a random attack or outburst of rage. When committing the crime he was fully equipped in his ghost face and black tonic. He later told the police that the crime was premeditated and he was motivated by the cinematic trilogy. Jaradin’s history was completely clean and it had nothing in his background to suggest this terrible crime. Most of these cases are either targeted or random

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