Is a picture really worth a thousand words?

I choose the picture with John F Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy who remains composed while covered In her husband's blood. She stands next to Lyndon Johnson who is taking the oath to become the new president. In the picture Jacqueline is wearing the same outfit she was when her husband was assassinated but from the way she keeps her posture and face so calm and fixed you would not be able to tell that she is caked in blood. She was rushed to one of the air force one planes. which looked crowded and probably made her feel claustrophobic and uncomfortable. The people surrounding her and the vice president look shocked, worried, and unsure of what was to come next. Unsure about what direction the U.S was headed in. They looked like they were feeling so much sorrow for jacqueline and her family.

Jacqueline must have been beyond what words can describe as sad, angry, and disappointed. To watch someone fill your husbands spot after he was just just killed so harshly right next to you has to be by far the hardest moment ever. She had to be feeling so many emotions all at once but she controlled them so well. Which is why i am in such awe of her. She must have been worrying about how she was going to inform her children that their father was just assassinated. And how they were going to grow up without a father figure in their life. How he would never see them play sports, go to college or get married , all of these thoughts must have been flooding her head. She must of also thought about herself , How she was so young to be a widow and what kind of life she would have without him. I'm surprised all of these thoughts did not overwhelm her and bring her much grief.

I think that once jacqueline's job was over as a first lady she began to grieve as a wife would over her husband and she began her job as a mother. I think that she went home to her family to try to piece together what was left of their lives and to explain to her children that their father was not coming home. I think that is where she may have broke down because having to admit to your YOUNG children that their father is gone had to bring her the most excruciating pain. I think that jacqueline finally felt like she had time to process everything in the comfort of her own home where there was no paparazzi or news reporters.

Although there had to be over a million thoughts in her head Jacqueline showed how strong of a first lady and women she was. And i think that carried over into the country. Not only did the country have concerns about her and her family but about how the country was going to be ran. About if Lyndon Johnson had the same wishes for the country as Kennedy. About if more assassinations were to come. People were worried about the state the united states was in and was headed to. I think People began to wonder if we were still going to be considered a strong country, and if we were going to be able to prevent something like this or worse from happening again in the near furture or to any president in the future.

i think that the country has learned so much from jacqueline and her family. Families have learned how to be strong when they are needed to be for their family and how to keep it together. The country has became so much more prepared since the assassination. The president is so much more protected. from bullet proof windows and glass when they make speeches to the increased amount of secret service agents. Our country has adapted to situations like this and has done everything to try to prevent another tragedy such as this one from occurring again.