Joey Abely

11/11/2018

Dr. Drown

English – 122

 

Hiding… But from what?

 

 

A mastermind was born; the product of Harvard and the University of Michigan, Ted Kaczynski. Was he too smart for his own good? How can someone hide for so long from highly paid professionals, the best the world has to offer, and not get caught? I explored many passages on the Unabomber over one main question, “How did he get away with sending these deadly packages for so long?”. This was a controversial topic based off of the many authors opinions. I learned through reading many of these articles and writings on the Unabomber by many different authors that not one writer will have the same opinion as the next. Their writings will differ greatly but the facts will stay the same. The only conclusion I can come to when reading all of these articles is he got away for so long by building a remote cabin in the middle of the woods and living there until he eventually was caught due to his own stupidity. He built the cabin because he knew that it was in an extremely remote wooded area that very few people traveled through. Also a driving force for building the cabin where he did was that there was a spot that he would go to, only about two miles away, that he enjoyed very much. He however couldn’t control the adaptations of humans and soon, due to nearby construction cutting down the forest, was coming in contact with hikers and hunters often. After coming in contact with a few he lessened his walks to his favorite spot. After not going to the spot for many months he decided he needed to go back. To his surprise and anger when he went back to the spot he was appalled to see that it has been destroyed and a roadway was now running straight through it. He was outraged; he decided to then manifest a plan to get back at society which then he became uncareful and was caught some months later. This is my conclusion to the answer of my question. I made many text to text connections and interpretations to put all of that together to figure out the downfall of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.