Don Delillo's novel Libra, an exploration of the possible catalyst and reasons behind the JFK assassination, presents the reader with a variety of conspiracy theories and allows for the overlap of such theories. For example, the theory of Lee Harvey Oswald being a lone shooter is also converged with CIA plots to assassinate Kennedy while the idea of Jack Ruby's patriotism being behind the shooting is also merged with the mafia's need to eliminate Oswald as a witness. Delillo allows readers to fully understand the vast array of information which will remain a mystery, and does not portray definite theories in arrogant ways as other authors or conspiracy theorists may.
Another interesting side of the theories is what Delillo considers "chance" and how much the assassination attempt is rested on the luck of the plotters. Although there is a sense that the people behind the plot have carefully planned to shot the president and have found Oswald to aid them, there is also the idea that any fail in the plot could cause the attempt to fail as Lee commonly obsesses about with his own plot throughout the novel. Perhaps this is why agents found Lee, who is an idealist and attempts to be a perfectionist in his plans, to shoot the president, so that it is possible that, after failing in so many aspects of his life and having only a single chance to enter history, that Lee will succeed.
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