William Jefferson Clinton
Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946 in a town called Hope, with the birth name William Jefferson Blythe. His birth father died in a car accident just three months before his birth. When he was born his mother sent him to live with his grandparents, due to the fact that because of the current economy she couldn't possibly support a child by herself. He lived with his grandparents for two years while his mother was away at nursing school in New Orleans trying to advance her career. His grandparents tried to instill in him strong southern Baptist principles and a desire to get a good education. When Bill was four his mother returned to Hope where she met and married Roger Clinton Sr.. A few years later Bill and his family moved to Hot Springs, where despite his Baptist upbringing Bill attended a catholic school. When he was nine years old he changed schools and went to Ramble Elementary. When Bill was ten Roger Clinton Jr. was born, and at age fifteen Bill took his step fathers last name in hopes of helping his mothers troubled relationship. While Bill was growing up in Hot Springs, the town was plagued by illegal gambling, but Bill had little contact with this part of society desp
ite his parents frequent participation in these illegal practices. As time went by his mothers relationship became more and more unstable with the alcoholic Roger Clinton Sr.. The relationship turned abusive and his parents often separated. Freud believed that peoples actions were controlled by unconscious forces from within, Bill Clinton's self set goals in education were attributed to his grandparents instilling in him a great sense of pride in his educational achievements. I would believe it safe to say that his great achievements were the result of a deep need for competition and his over competitiveness. His mother remembers a time when Bill came running into the house after a big math test yelling "... I beat Jim McDougal on a math test!"(Allen pg.10), even at a young age he felt driven by competition. Freud's psychosexual stages of development might shed some light on Clinton's competitiveness as Freud would say that Clinton is orally aggressive, because he was taken from his mother at an early age and was not nursed for very long, this is evident by his overwhelming need to dominate all situations he finds himself in. Freud might say that Clinton's personality predisposes him to dominating situations he finds himself in. Freud's anal stage might also give some insight as to Clinton's sexual deviancy, because during this stage in his life he became attached to his grandparents. After his mother came back to take care of him he might have felt that he couldn't make any further psychological attachments with anyone, after he was taken from his grandparents. This might have lead to a distrust for people in general. Freud believed that the super ego was important to our goals in life because it embodied everything that we had grown to desire for ourselves. The super ego is in essence who we think we should be, growing up without a father Clinton may have looked to other sources for interjection. Interjection is how we come to understand what we should be and act like and it is usually gained from our parents and others we look up to. Clinton may have had to look up to public figures and as such might have set in his mind the belief that he should be a politician. Clinton's id may be the most powerful, his insatiable appetite for female companionship outside of his marriage may be evidence of this statement. But, that is only speculation. I didn't note any use of Freud's defense mechanisms, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. The books I used to research were very factual and didn't offer as much insight as I would have liked. In high school Bill was a member of the band, student government, honor society and numerous other organizations. One summer at a political summer camp called Boys State, Bill ran for delegate to Boys Nation. He won this election and was on his way to Washington to meet John F. Kennedy and Senator William Fulbright. Bill said of his victory as delegate to Boys Nation, "I didn't know if I could win a race like that, because when I was a student politician, I was about as controversial as I have been in my later life" (Allen pg.10). After meeting JFK and Senator Fulbright face to face, Bill became determined to enter politics. After high school Bill went to the University of Georgetown where he concentrated on international studies, in order to prepare himself for the world of politics. While enrolled at Georgetown, he had to get job to help pay the tuition cost. He took advantage of the meeting he had with Senator Fulbright to get a job as Fulbright's assistant. While at school Clinto
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