John Wilkes Booth's Role In The Civil War Essay

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The Rock once said, "Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come." John Wilkes booth didn't understand this. He wanted greatness and thought that would lead him to success, which was one of the reasons he failed. John Wilkes Booth did not accomplish his goal because he didn't motivate the South, he didn't keep the Civil War going, and he didn't become known as a Southern hero. To begin with, John Wilkes Booth didn't motivate the South, one of the main goals of his. The South had already given up at the time. The whole point of killing Lincoln was for Southern glory, which he didn't achieve. As stated here, "But he also wanted to initiate the uneasy task of bringing the all but defeated South back into the new, more improved Union" ("Abraham Lincoln Biography"). The South hardly had any stamina left. They were hanging on, but barely. Nothing was going to help them. Booth shooting Lincoln didn't help, because even though the South hadn't admitted defeat, they had done everything but. This shows that the South couldn't be motivated because they had already given up, even if they hadn't lost yet. The South was fighting a losing battle, and nothing anyone did could help. Likewise, another reason he didn't …show more content…

That's exactly the reason John Wilkes Booth failed. Booth did not accomplish his goal because he didn't motivate the South, he didn't keep the Civil War going, and he didn't become known as a Southern hero. John Wilkes Booth valued glory over success, and that's precisely why he wasn’t successful. He focused on the glory of the act instead of planning and fulfilling it. That's why so many parts of his plan failed. John Wilkes Booth made many mistakes in carrying out his plan. Greatness comes after success, and that's why so many people fail exactly like Booth did- they work for glory instead of

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