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If Oswald were alive

  From countless discussions in class, we all know how self-centered and attention-seeking Lee Harvey Oswald is, to the point where he’ll do incredibly dumb things to put himself in the spotlight. However, when he died, he had only experienced a small portion of the fame that was brought to his name. So, that begs the question: how would he feel if he were alive today?      To start, I think he would be happy with his fame. John F. Kennedy’s assassination was a major turning point in American history, as it seems to have marked the point when the majority of the population started to lose trust in the government. I vaguely remember someone mentioning that in a poll, over half the people said that they didn’t trust the government’s account of the assassination. There was a lot of conflicting evidence and possible cover-ups that were incredibly suspicious. So, naturally, people will talk about the perpetrators of such a controversial event. To add on, I think Osw...