Assassination+of+John+Lennon

Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon in NYC at the Dakota on December 8, 1980. He was carrying a copy of __The Catcher in the Rye__ during the assassination and he began reading it after he killed him.

After killing Lennon, Chapman was found sitting on the curb reading __The Catcher in the Rye__.

Chapman felt that his and Holden Caufield's lives mirrored each others. **Chapman also felt that Lennon was a dangerous phony who had to die for claiming to be the next "catcher" of his generation.**

The assasination of John Lennon took place on December 8, 1980, outside of New York's spooky old Dakota apartment.

Chapman left his copy of __The Catcher in the Rye__ back in Hawaii so he went to a 5th Avenue book store and purchased the last copy of the book. He thought that this was just another sign of destiny.

Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where it was stated that nobody could have lived for more than a few minutes after sustaining such injuries. The Killer, Mark David Chapman, said he was acting on instructions from 'a small voice" that spoke to him in his cell.

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It is true that Chapman was carrying a copy of the book __The Catcher in the Rye__ on the night he assassinated Lennon, and his bizarre attempts to promote the book prior to his trial were definitely odd. ======

That's crazy that someone actually killed someone based upon a book. And it's even more scary that after he killed him, he began reading the book right after he killed him.

I agree, I believe that Holden might have inspired Mark Chapman to go against what everyone said and to make a dicision about something, just like Holden did when he talked about not liking the Disciples in the Bible.

I also think that Holden probably had a slight effect on Mark David Chapman's assassination of John Lennon. However Holden cannot be blamed for it because this man Mark David Chapman was clearly crazy if he was hearing voices in his head. He most likely just overanalyzed the book.

John Lennon -English rock musician, singer, and songwriter who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles.

What did Chapman mean when he said that John Lennon claimed to be the next "catcher" of his generation?