The shooting took place on December 8,1980 outside the Dakota apartment building in New York. At around 10:49 p.m., Chapman, who had received an autograph form Lennon earlier, shot 5 bullet at Lennon. Four of which hit Lennon in his back and shoulder. Instead of fleeing the site Chapman took out a copy of Catcher in the Rye and
read it until the police arrived.
2. What behavior on the part of Chapman set the stage for this amoral act?
Chapman had ran away form home which can led us to believe that he may have had a troubling childhood. Also he was emotionally unstable and he tried to commit suicide twice. Chapman was a Beatles fan and on the morning of the shooting while leaving the Sheration hotel he signed out as John Lennon and crossed it out and then signed his own name.
Chapman had ran away form home which can led us to believe that he may have had a troubling childhood. Also he was emotionally unstable and he tried to commit suicide twice. Chapman was a Beatles fan and on the morning of the shooting while leaving the Sheration hotel he signed out as John Lennon and crossed it out and then signed his own name.
3. Why do you think Chapman felt a connection with Holden and the Catcher in the Rye?
I think Chapman felt a connection with Holden because both are emotional unstable. Also both may have felt as they were social pariah because people treating then different and no one could truly relate and understand them.
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