Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid was born in the East, came to New Mexico in the 1870's, and started out on his own from Silver City. Some of the people said Billy the Kid was a hero, some said he was a murder. After reading Etulain's essay, "Billy the Kid: Thunder in the West" (36-51), I don't think Bill the Kid was a hero just because he killed four people. What is a hero? Some one can be a hero if he kills another, and heroes can kill people, but they kill those people is for everyone, not just for themselves, which means they were heroes because they killed evil people who destroyed society. And a hero should deserved punishment bravery. Otherwise they are murderers. Unfortunately, Billy the Kid was a murder, not a hero. The first example of Billy the Kid as a murderer concerns the first person he killed in Arizona (37). In mid-August 1877, Billy the Kid came to the cantina near the boundary of the Camp Grant military reservation (37). When he arrived, a burly Blacksmith named Cahill called Billy a "pimp," (37) and then Billy retaliated by calling the blacksmith a "son of a bitch,"(37). A moment later a wrestling match ensued, and Cahill began to pummel Billy. But Billy pulled out the .45 stuck in his belt, shoved it into the belly of
Cahill, and then pulled the trigger. Cahill rolled aside in agony and then died the next day. Thus, because senseless act of violent, Billy the Kind murdered Cahill. I know it was Cahill that said the bad things to him first, but Billy the Kid didn't have to kill Cahill. When Cahill started to say something bad to Billy the Kid, he could have ignored him and left Cahill alone. If Billy the Kid at that time had just ignored what Cahill said, nothing would have happened. Cahill's dead did not benefits anyone in the world except Billy, who may have felt happy. Therefore, Billy the Kid was a murderer, because he killed Cahill. The second example of Billy the Kid being a murderer occurs at Fort Summer in January 1880 when he kills a second person, Grant (44). A drunken Texan name Joe Grant challenged Billy in a deadly shooting contest, but when Grants pistol misfired, Billy spun around and shot Grant three times. Grant was drunk. When he challenged Billy to the deadly shooting; Billy could have rejected this contest and left Fort Summer. I think many people and Billy also knew once he accepted this contest one of the people must die, either him or Grant, or both of them. Since he
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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