Booth's Mental health

[Craig Hipkins]

It is my unprofessional but personal belief that terms like "Insane," "Schizophrenia," "Narcissistic" and others that describe human frailties and actions are all relative terms. The norms of society dictate what is accepted behavior in that culture. Everyone is subject to moments of insanity or narcissism. This is due to each individuals unique experiences from childhood, through adolescence and adulthood.
Someone once said "My reality is not your reality." To John Wilkes Booth his reality was determined by the environment and the associations that he had been born into. Booth's motive for killing President Lincoln has been the subject of debate for over 150 years now. The only way to look at it honestly is to place it in context to the time in which it happened. Analyzing it from a 21st century perspective will give a spurious sense of reality as this most certainly will lead to a subjective conclusion.

Craig