Mark David Chapman Murder

Three murders have had their motives linked to the Catcher in the Rye, ever since it was published, in 1951 by Jerome David Salinger. Many schools have since banned the book due to the inappropriate language, and the volger behavior that is pushed throughout the book. These schools have also stopped reading The Catcher in the Rye because of the fact that it has been the trigger of many attempted murders and assassinations, turning innocent people into cold blooded killers. The Catcher in the Rye

Censors have been trying to ban books for hundreds of years. They ban books with content that contains different and/or unpopular viewpoints. Censors not only ban books that are considered inappropriate but they have also tried to ban books and plays that are known as classics in today’s society. Famous authors such as William Shakespeare have had their work attacked and criticized by censors. Censors have even banned books like the dictionary and the Bible. Books have been banned for various reasons

The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye is taught in english classrooms all over the country. However, its crudeness was looked down upon by many parents that resulted in the frequent request to ban the book from being taught. J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is one of the greatest works of literature, but was also very controversial. The Catcher in the Rye tells the story of Holden Caulfield, a teenager facing psychological trouble. Expelled from his school at 16, he goes on a journey

Growing up, many students were raised with the idea that the best way to spark our imagination or to learn about our society in the past was through the power of reading. But, as themes get darker and words get harsher, different communities believe that certain books, for example Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, should be banned. But, how can children continue to learn if they are constantly banning books that can not only spark their imagination, but

"Yellow submarine"  "Let it be" 20. March 1969 married John Lennon, Ono the artist from Tokyo. The second half of 1970, lived John Lennon away from the public to live with his son Sean and his wife Ono.  The person who killed John Lennon was Mark Chapman. He was proved having a disease called Paranoid Schizophrenia, it is a mentally disease. The disease can make you feel that you have to be historic or that your body changes. He killed John Lennon, because he wanted to get

On December 8, 1980, John Lennon of the Beatles was shot and killed outside of his apartment complex in New York City. The man who shot Lennon, Mark David Chapman, was found just a few feet away from Lennon’s body, reading The Catcher in the Rye. Unbecomingly, Chapman used the book as his excuse for murdering Lennon. In court, Chapman used the novel as his statement and even signed his copy of the novel as “Holden Caulfield,” the novel’s protagonist, believing himself to actually be Caulfield. Because

In this novel, the author creates Holden Caulfield, a boy that is the world’s ‘punching bag’, and illustrates his difficult life through presenting his failures clearly to the reader. Salinger shows that Holden has had a ‘deprived’ childhood by explaining to the reader that Holden’s beloved brother Allie died at a young age. Holden still has not gotten over this unfathomable loss. Another way the author shows Holden’s depravity is by making the parents look as if they are not part of his life. Holden

Does murdering someone you admire really makes you famous by killing them? Well this one obsessed fan assassinated John Lennon On December 8, 1980. Shot him several times and unfortunately John Lennon did not make it. DId the fan shoot John Lennon because of his Political and religious beliefs or because he was an Inspiration Founding artist member of the Beatles or was it simply because of how much John Lennon was worth? Is it really necessary to kill someone because they mentioned some Political

In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is discovering the actuality of what it means to be a teen. Throughout the book he encounters several situations, such as his brothers’ death, that are forcing him to grow up. Salinger’s message in the book is to explain the main changes during the adolescent transition; depression, mortality, and preservation of innocence. As Holden is traveling in New York, he is alone and he doesn’t like the idea of being by himself, whether he

Caulfield, is a character with whom Mark Chapman identifies. Daniel Stashower’s, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Holden: Speculations on a Murder,” discusses possible reasons for Chapman’s murder of John Lennon. In Stashower’s article, Mark Chapman closely identifies with J.D. Salinger’s