Blog 5: Catcher in the Rye

The shooting of John Lennon was on December 8, 1980. It was outside the Dakota building in New York City. He as well as his wife Yoko Ono lived there. Mark Chapman murdered him and after shooting him, he stayed at the scene until police arrested him. He bought the gun at a gun store in Honolulu Hawaii. 

Mark Chapman had very odd behaviors before the shooting. He live in Hawaii and worked at a hospital. Then moved to a security job where he put his name down as John Lennon. Chapman's friends say that he was a big Beatles fan and was upset when they broke up. After the shooting his didn't leave like many people would, but stayed, sat down, and read Catcher in the Rye.

Chapman most likely felt a connection with Holden from Catcher in the Rye because they both have been in a mental institution. Also they are both jealous, unstable, and unhappy with their lives. Their families do not have much of a role in their lives. They are both social pariahs. Chapman and Holden both have violent acts that don't faze them. Instead of leaving the scene or acting on it, Chapman did nothing but read after murdering John Lennon. When Holden jumps on Stradlater he isn't fazed by it either. They both are carefree in their own worlds.