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Comparing Bonnie And Clyde
A name so greatly feared by the law and loved by all would be the romanticized couple of Bonnie and Clyde. Striving for big dreams was originally the plan, but the life of crime overtook when the lovers first met. Although living through the night of stolen pennies and fired bullets obtains consequences that cannot be escaped, the infamous duo rained terror among many states and numerous households´. The history of Bonnie and Clyde illustrates the life of outlaws in love throughout the times of hardship and depression.
Clyde ¨champion¨ Chestnut Barrow was born to a lower class family along with seven other siblings´. Growing up with the fascinations of being an outlaw in the wind and comparing himself to Jesse James had great influences on
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Including that, “despite a massive deployment by law enforcement officials that by late 1932 included the F.B.I, the infamous couple managed to elude authorities and avoid capture for nearly two years, becoming the most well-known outlaws.”(Blatty 9) Known enough to bring the Texas Ranger Captain, Frank Hamer out of retirement one last time. Taking cover in bushes along a country road on the outside of Sailes Louisiana was the ideal place for the ambush soon to occur. Only knowing the path because a gang members father wants a pardon for his son. Accordingly , “in the morning of May 23, 1934, they drove into an ambush on highway 154 in Louisiana, and were killed in a hail of bullets.” Finally ending the killing spree, it is believed that a total of thirteen murders were recorded aloud with several robberies and burglaries. For seeing Bonnies passion in literature and poems, ¨The Trails End¨ foreshadows Bonnie and Clyde´s fate in the last stanza stating ¨someday they'll go down together/ And they'll bury side by side/ To few it'll be grief/ To the law a relief/ but it's death for Bonnie and

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