Conspiracy theories
Throughout the book, we get little snippets of the outlier character, Nicholas Branch. He dedicates his life to figuring out as much as he can about Lee Harvey Oswald and the potential plot behind JFK’s assassination. When reading about him, I imagine him hunched over his desk, taking notes, while the small room becomes more and more crowded with specimens, books, and papers. The end goal of his research will be a final explanation of what happened, but it will be unavailable to the public. To me, Nicholas Branch represents an overworked American in a meaningless job. However, to some people, searching for needles in haystacks is meaningful and vital to them. Since Oswald was detained and killed, thousands of conspiracy theories surrounding the event have been created. A countless number of people have gone over the videos and pictures of Oswald, looking for as many “clues” as they can. Yet, even all of this research has been fruitless and unhelpful. We still don’t know any...