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    later moved to Plainfield. Ed went to Roche-a-Cri grade school when he was eight. Later the school merged with the white school and that is where Ed completed his education in the eighth grade at the age of sixteen. Ed was an odd little boy with a droopy eyelid due to an abnormal growth on it. People could tell Ed was different‚ even Ed knew something wasn’t right. He “felt overwhelmingly alone‚ hopelessly cut off from his classmates. (Schechter 19) No one got close to Ed. He was considered an “off

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    Ed Gein Ed Gein was born in La Crosse County‚ Wisconsin on August 27‚ 1906‚ the second son of George Philip and Augusta Gein. Gein had an older brother‚ Henry Gein. Augusta despised her husband‚ and considered him a failure for being an alcoholic who was unable to keep a job. Augusta operated a small grocery store and used the proceeds from the sale of the grocery store in 1914 to purchase a farm on the outskirts of the small town of Plainfield‚ Wisconsin. Augusta relocated to the farm to prevent

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    Biological Criminal Behavior (Ed Gein) Michelle Hudson‚ Dustin May‚ Liz Monroe‚ Prudence Sandoval‚ Richard Watts CJA/234 May 7‚ 2012 Christopher Byland Biological Criminal Behavior (Ed Gein) “Certain psychological problems have been known to be inheritable and if given the right circumstances‚ individuals with those genes could find themselves engaging in criminal activity” (Jones 2005.) In the case of Edward Gein‚ biological genes and the fact that his mother controlled his environment as

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    parents were Augusta and George Geid‚ he had an older brother named Henry. When Ed was two his parents bought a farm in Plainsfield Wisconsin. Augusta loved their new house and farm for the main reason that she isolated her whole family from everyone. When Ed and Henry were kids they weren’t allowed to play with other children. Augusta told them that the other children were bad and they were better than them. When Ed was eight he began attending the Roche-a-Cri grade school‚ a tiny one-room building

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    Ed Gein/Page 3 Introduction This paper is based on the life of Ed Gein. He was an unusual character‚ born on a farm‚ and raised by a religious crazy‚ domineering mother. In the space of a few years his entire family passed away and he was left to take care of his farm all by himself. In the next few years he became a grave robber‚ a necrophiliac‚ a cannibal‚ and also took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is known as one of the weirdest serial killers of the twentieth century

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    Ed Gein was an American serial killer of the 1950’s and was known as‚ “The Plainfield Ghoul.” He was known for many things as a killer. His unusual way of killing people and snatching dead bodies served as an inspiration for many fictional serial killers. He had many problems growing up that led him to be a schizophrenic and a necrophiliac. Ed was born on August 21‚ 1906 in a dysfunctional family. His father‚ George Gein‚ was a drunk and was mostly unemployed. His father abused him and his

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    In this drama‚ the film made by Peter Weir was released in 1998. A movie is about a man (Truman Burbank) who is held hostage inside a world that spins around him. Truman Burbank does not know his life is a show on the television that was playing 24/24. Since the time he was born until the time he grows up and married‚ a thousand cameras were recording the images of him to a millions audience watch like a movie. At age of 30‚ Truman still no doubt about his perfect life. And he doesn’t try to leave

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    Everyone in this show is an actor with the exception of Truman. The main concept of this show is to capture a life time videography of this person and his reaction to different situations that arise as a result of the director of this show‚ Christof (Ed Harris). As the series of events get unfolded in the movie‚ sparks of suspicion arises in the mind of Truman due to the strange events around‚ who finally realises that he is under someone’s vision. And the director’s moves to clear Truman’s uncertainties

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    I definitely recognized the mother and father figures within the movie. Truman’s literal mother figure is representative as this archetype. “To distract Truman (Jim Carrey) from his recent discoveries and suspicions‚ Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates the return of Truman ’s father and creates a moving television moment in the process” (Youtube 2011). Another archetype I identified was family. The general relation of Truman to his wife and his craving for his father is an example

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    Cited: Adam‚ James. The Republic of Plato. 1902. 2nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 1963. Sanes‚ Ken. Truman as Archetype. Transparencynow.com. 1996-2001. 29 July 2004. . The Matrix. Dir. Brothers Wachowski. Perf. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburn. 1999. DVD. Warner Bros.‚ Village Roadshow. The Truman Show. Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Jim Carrey and Ed Harris. 1998. DVD. Paramount Pictures.

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