The world fell into silence as "Camelot" was cut down by the sound of a gunshot heard around the world. A great man was silenced and a generation was paralyzed. A nation has lost a great leader and the world has lost a hero. Who was this man who influenced the world with his political charm and his desire for change? The man of the moment was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. On May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, one of the United States' most beloved presidents was born into the Kennedy family, a socially and politically prominent family residing in Massachusetts. Named after his mother's father, John Fitzgerald Kennedy would go on to become one of the most influential presidents in the Oval Office. His parents, Rose and Joseph Kennedy, were members of Boston's most prominent Irish Catholic political parties and would have a total of nine children, Johnathan being the second. This generation of Kennedys would become one of America's most famous political families. As a child, John, or "Jack" as his family called him, was a sickly child and weakened by childhood illnesses. On February 20, 1920, at the age of two years and ten months, Jack fell ill with scarlet fever, a highly contagious and then fatal disease. Although Jack recovered, he was never truly healthy, always suffering from one illness after another. Unfortunately, illness would always remain a constant obstacle in his life, tormenting him throughout his education, military service, term in Congress, and presidency. Due to being constantly ill, Jack was forced to live in the shadow of Joe Jr., his older brother. Not only would Jack be affected by his poor health, but also by his behavior at school. The Kennedys...