Legendary

Bonnie and Clyde; The Making of a Legend

Now that you've finished the text:

• Revisit your notes about the difference between Legendary and Infamy
• Find at least four text based examples to put into the Venn Diagram on the next slide. These can be related to your Bonnie and Clyde theme map.
• Include a short, cited quote and explanation as to why this example shows that Bonnie and Clyde are Legendary, Infamous, or Both.
• Use the "text" feature on the left menu or the pinpoints in the bottom right just like you did on the Interactive map activity.
• Finally, use the orange box to make an argument as to whether Bonnie and Clyde should be rememberd as legendary or infamous criminals.

Bonnie and Clyde; The Making of a Legend

Infamous

Final Verdict

Legendary

Type Here: Bonnie and Clyde were legendary. They did many thigs but also, hid from them, took many ways out, and were smart with it.

"An airplane scanned the landscape from above. Worried that the kidnappers were headed to Mexico, another two hundred and fifty men joined in to help law enforcement." (Blumenthal 71)

"Turns out CLyde had been exceptionally busy before he starting romancing Bonnie: He was wanted in atleast three towns for burglaries and car thefts." (Bllumenthal 26)

"The foreword states that fugatives isn't ingtended to glamorize Clyde and Bonnie's behavior, saying that thier lives are "the greatest indictment known to modern times against a life of crime." But while acknowledging robberies, murders, and kidnappings.." (Blumenthal 193)

"By Thursday afternoon, close to 10,000 people packed the front of the Sparksma-Holtz-Brand funeral home near down town Dallas, clamoring to see Clyde's remains. "They shouted, they stromed, they cajoled,"(Blumenthal 188)