Quote: "The Gacy children were raised as Catholics and all three attended Catholic schools where they lived on the north side. Growing up, Gacy was a quiet boy who worked odd jobs for spending money, like newspaper routes and bagging groceries, and busied himself with Boy Scout activities. He was never a particularly popular boy but he was well-liked by his teachers, co-workers and friends from school and the Boy Scouts. He seemed to have a normal childhood, except for his relationship with his father and a series of health problems that he developed."
Paraphrase: John Wayne Gacy and his family were brought up Catholic and they all went to Catholic schools. He was an average kid of his time. He would complete small tasks in hope of gaining some money . Although he wasn't the most popular kid in school, he was still known as the kid with a warm personality. No one ever had anything bad to say about him. He was liked by everybody. For the most part, He had a normal childhood.
Summary: John Wayne Gacy was just like every other child of the era. He was liked as a child, he did small jobs to make money, and he had a, for the most part, normal family. This man grew up to be one of the most well known American serial killers of all time. It clearly wasn't upbringing. This proves my point of the fact that all humans are inherently evil. He wasn't beat or had parents addicted to drugs. He wasn't addicted to drugs and introverted. He was just like everybody else. Human.
Citation: Taylor, Troy. "The Clown that Killed." www.prairieghosts.com. N.p., 2003. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://www.prairieghosts.com/gacy.html>.
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