Answer to Question #307095 in English for Margaret

Question

Why do people write different theories about the John F. Kennedy assassination? What is the purpose?

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Answer 1

Theories are formulated to explain, predict, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and extend existing knowledge within the limits of critical bounding assumptions. The theoretical framework is the structure that can hold or support a theory of a research study. Thus, at this point, these theories are used to explain the main reason why John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

For instance, a 2003 ABC News poll found that 70% of Americans believe Kennedy's death was the result of a broader plot. The trajectory of the bullets, some say, didn't square with Oswald's perch on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Others suggest a second gunman — perhaps on the grassy knoll of Dealey Plaza — participated in the shooting. Others believe in an even broader conspiracy. Was Kennedy killed by CIA agents acting either out of anger over the Bay of Pigs or at the behest of Vice President Lyndon Johnson? By KGB operatives? Mobsters mad at Kennedy's brother for initiating the prosecution of organized crime rings? Speculation over one of history's most famous political assassinations is such a popular parlour game that most people have taken the rumours to heart: just 32% of those polled by ABC believe Oswald carried out the killing on his own.

References

Time.Org. (2008, November 20). Conspiracy theories - TIME. TIME.com. https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1861003,00.html