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Lineses, Pamela Louise M.

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Bonnie and Clyde

The story of Bonnie and Clyde is one famous lovestory in America. Their love story is not typical love story.Bonnie and Clyde were well known criminals during 1932-1934. Because of the fame of their not ±so-typical love storythere were some films and songs that were based on their story.

Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was born on October 1, 1910in Rowena, Texas as the second of three children to Henryand Emma Parker. Bonnie was one of the best students inher class when she was in high school, winning top prizes inspelling, writing and public speaking. She was fond of writingpoems, (she wrote two poems while she was on the run withClyde: ³The Story of Suicide Sal´, and "The Trail's End).

According to her mother Bonnie had a thing for bad boys. When she was 16 she dropped out of school and married her classmate Roy Thornton. Their marriage wasn't a happy one. Two yearslater, her husband was caught for robbery and sentenced to five years in prison.

Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born on March 24, 1909 from a poor family in Ellis County,Texas, near Tellico, a town just south of Dallas. He was the fifth of seven children. Clyde wasnotorious robber when he was teenager. He was imprisoned in April 1930. When he sodesperate to get out, , he asked a fellow prisoner to chop off some of his toes with an axe,hoping that being injured will help him to get out of there . Although the missing two toes did notget him transferred but was granted an early parole. After Clyde was released from prison onFeb 1932, he vowed that he would rather die than ever go back to that horrible place.

Bonnie and Clyde first met late early 1930 before Clyde was imprisoned. At first meetingthey are both smitten with each other.

On one of Clyde's first robberies after he was released, Bonnie went with him. The planwas for the Barrow Gang to rob a hardware store. Bonnie stay inside the car stayed in the car during the robbery, Bonnie was captured and put in jail. She was later released for lack of evidence. After she was released from the prison Bonnie chose stayed with Clyde. They were inthe run for two years, doing crime like robbery. Despite of the dangers they were facing duringtheir adventure they never leave each others¶ side. Even in the very last moments of their livesthey were together. They were ambush and killed on the way to pick a fellow gang member,Clyde was instantly killed, but Bonnie suffered the police heard her scream upon realizing thatClyde is dead then they fired at her.

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