One of the main things I've taken from Libra is that there is a legitimate reason for those that are obsessed to be obsessed with the assassination of JFK. The shooting presents a legitimate conspiracy that I had not known much about prior to reading the book. All I'd ever heard of was that Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK and that was it. I felt pretty naive when just about everyone knew there was something missing to the case. I liked the idea of writing about the conspiracy from what DeLillo envisioned led to Lee shooting JFK. Conspiracy is always a popular topic to discuss (the one I find most interesting is the Illuminati) and the assassination of JFK provides much discussion. After reading Libra and listening to all of the discussion about the shooting, I am pretty convinced that there is something missing to the story.
I really liked Libra mainly due to the conspiracy part. Hearing everybody's opinions, watching the Zapruder film, reading DeLillo's depiction of the events, and everything else interested me in all of the possible scenarios that could have taken place on that fateful day. The oddest explanation for the shooting was that the driver shot JFK. Well, how would nobody see that or realize it was him? It makes no sense but I guess until we find out what really happened, which I personally doubt will ever happen, no one will ever know for sure. The mystery is what appeals to me and what keeps many of those JFK junkies memorizing and studying frames and coming up with their own theories.
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