Interview Answers

1. What was your loss of innocence?
His loss of innocence was when John F. Kennedy was assainated.
2. Who was with you when it happened?
He was in school during a class so his classmates were the people with him when he recieved the news.
3. How did it happen?
A teacher told the teacher of his class and then his teacher told the class.
4. When did it happen?
On November 22, 1963.
5. Why did it happen?
No one knows for sure why John F. Kennedy was assainated but their are a lot of theories on why he was assainated.
6. How did you feel when it happened?
He felt shocked, saddned, and he was in denial. His other classmates and even his teacher were probably like this too because John F. Kennedy people thought would lead the United States to do many great things.
7. Where did it happen?
It happened in Dallas, Texas during a parade and he was shot in a open car.
8. Do you think about it a lot?
He does it not think about it a lot anymore.
9. How long did it affect you for?
It has affected him his whole life because events like that do not just go away.
10. Who else did your loss of innocence affect?
It affected everyone in the United States because he was the president of the United States and the president is known all the across the U.S.

Garling, Ronald. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.