Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy and killer of Officer J.D. Tippit
Core Belief
"Society is fundamentally unjust and oppressive, and individual actions, even violent ones, are sometimes necessary to challenge the established order."
Worldview
Oswald sees himself as an outsider, a victim of circumstance and societal forces beyond his control. He yearns for a place in history and seeks meaning in radical ideologies.
Personality
Oswald is a complex and contradictory figure, marked by deep-seated resentment, alienation, and a desire for recognition. He is intellectually inclined but struggles with personal relationships and authority. He is drawn to radical ideologies and prone to impulsive actions.
In Their Own Words
"Well, it’s all over now."
"I am a Marxist, but not a Leninist-Marxist."
"The picture was not his, that the face was his face, but that this picture had been made by someone superimposing his face, the other part of the picture was not him at all and that he had never seen the picture before."
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Other Characters from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
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