Criminals: The Motives Of Clyde Barrow And Ned Kelly

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It is evident that Clyde Barrow and Ned Kelly were raised in dysfunctional families, but were two completely different types of criminals with vastly different motives. Ned's motive appears to be somewhat vengeful towards authority, which in a strange way, seems justified. According to Nathanael O’Reilly, the reason why Ned Kelly doesn’t receive the notoriety worldwide is that people don’t know or understand the harassment that the Kelley family endured. (O’Reilly 490) It is safe to say that the police appeared to enjoy harassing the Kelly’s. In one instance, when Ned and his blacksmith friend are on the way to Eleven Mile Creek Constable Fitzpatrick sees Ned coming with his “bull” and decides to find out how a poor old Irishman could afford

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