CULTURE TOPIC.. why did I choose the Kennedy brothers?!?!?!

As our culture days are coming closer and my culture paper is finally finished I want to tell you guys WHY I chose this specific topic. Well, I have to admit I am not very interested in politics. I know that I SHOULD be, after all, politicians can decide what’s happening in our country. And we can definitely not take it for granted that we have at least a little say in Austrian politics. That’s why I request everyone to go to the elections and make use of the chance to have a say in our politics! Many countries do not have this right..

However, I don’t want to digress from my actual topic… why did I choose the Kennedy family… good question. First of all I have to tell you that I have always been interested in people’s biographies. Although this might sound a bit weird, but I just like it. Of course I am not interested in my neighbors biography (this would be really weird!!), but in lives of people who have achieved something great. That’s not the only reason why I chose them. It was a couple of months ago when I was watching a documentary film about the family. As they are one of the most famous families in America, there are a number of movies and documentaries about the clan. The one I watched lasted for about three hours and really captivated me. It was actually about JFK himself, and his life before his presidency as well as the few years (1000 days!) as president of the United States. Of course they were also talking about his assassination and the various theories ..”WHO killed JFK?!?!?!” Well, this is probably a question that will never be answered. 

Anyway, before I had watched this documentary I didn’t really know a lot about John F. Kennedy, let alone the rest of the Kennedys. When we were talking about a culture topic in English class, I immediately had them in mind. I wanted to know more about the Kennedys anyway. It took me some time until I decided to write about the Kennedy brothers, John (Jack), Bobby and Ted (there is another brother, Joe, but he is not that important) but in the end I really got a deeper insight into their lives. What surprised me the most was the fact that, apart from JFK, Robert Kennedy as well was very important in American politics and even ran for president. When I was doing my research I also found some shocking information. A large number of Kennedys died in mysterious accidents. Besides the fact that Bobby Kennedy got assassinated too, there were several plane crashes which killed some members of the family (for example their sister as well as JFK’s son). 

All in all, the topic was very interesting and I gained at least a little insight into America’s politics. 

Bobby, Ted & JFK (l. to r.)