It gives you insite of Booth's life as a criminal, such as stealing or mugging someone. But then when he shot Mr Lincoln he was caught and forever incarcerated. This reading will tell you why he was motivated what he had to think through and as the title says how he was captured.
Answer:
The main idea of the story, John Booth is very preplanned about the things he has done and he seems sharp about killing the president. “ Then, at a stride, he passed the threshold again, leveled his arm at the President, and bent the trigger” this little piece of evidence from the story shows that he is sharp like he wanted an angle or spot to shoot at the right time. He planned the president’s assassination with a couple of his friends and his plan had work. This also would mean that he knew the theater like the back of his hand or when he planned it, it would automatically work like that.
The details of John planning to kill the president. “ "I am a senator," responded the person, "Mr. Lincoln has sent for me." The attendant gave way, and the young man passed into the box” John sneaks into the president’s box. he smiled as he was going to pull the trigger in his head. “ a close smell of powder and the rush of a dark, imperfectly outlined figure,—and the President's head dropped upon his shoulders”, John shot Lincoln in the head and dropped his head down to the position where it looks like he was sleeping. This shows the reader how John plans to kill the president and details that would make the reader’s mind visualize the story.
