In class we watched the Zapruder film on loop while a passage from one of Delillo's other books was read. It fascinated me, the passage about the disgust that people felt.
It just built up the certainty of the event, which was weird because every time it was a shock to see a man die. They would round the corner, and as far as I was concerned JFK was going to continue on his motorcade, then ,seemingly out of nowhere, his head explodes.
I should see it coming, I know he's going to die every time nothing will change the fact that he did die. But I can't help but be a little surprised everyrtime. The sheer coincidence of the film eventually began to sink in as well. The fact that JFK was there, on that day, and that Oswald (or whomever you may believe) took that shot is amazing. Every occurance in some degree is a result of a seemingly staggering amount of coincidences.
I can't determine if it's coincidence or the unknown though. Is my ignorance simply viewed by myself as coincidence. There is the undeniable fact that a bullet went through a mass that I labeled as JFK. By projecting emotions onto the scene I change the meaning of the scene. It's much more than just an assassination. It's a statement on everything from Cuba, to the shooter himself.
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