AssasinationofJohnLennon

__Audience__ > > >
 * 1)  Assassination of John Lennon
 * 1)  Scott Hearn
 * 1)  The audience, in this case, is Beatles fans or John Lennon fans. The primary audience is Beatles fans because John Lennon was originally part of the Beatles and Beatles fans are more devoted to each individual fan. The secondary audience are John Lennon fans because they are only devoted to John Lennon and probably don’t know enough information on his past since they only like his music. An assumption made in the text is when the author says, “ He acquired a born-again Christian girlfriend…” (Mark Chapman: The Assassination of John). This weakens the text because it is favoring the fact that Chapman may have changed his life with his so-called “christian girlfriend.” It gives a sense of hope in fans, but in reality, Chapman was stilled a crazed man and murdered another man which does not follow the Christian religion “rules.”

__Cultural__ 1. 2. Assassination of John Lennon 3. Mariz Delos Santos 4. This event influences the relationship between the author and audience because of those who have read the book and can connect with what the author is saying through the text. It’s said, “ Daniel Stashower speculated that Chapman had wanted Lennon's innocence to be preserved by death, inspired by Holden's wish to preserve children's innocence despite Holden's later realization that children should be left alone” (Suddath). The persuasion affects the cultural context of the written text because the book influenced Chapman to kill John Lennon in order to preserve his innocence. The book apparently talked about preserving people’s innocence and Chapman took it the wrong way.

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 * 1)  Assassination of John Lennon
 * 1)  Sage Bigford
 * 1)  Salingers book Catcher in the Rye influenced Mark David Chapman to assassinate John Lennon. The audience of Catcher in the Rye relationship with the author is the audience would feel poorly of the author because he influenced Chapman to assassinate John Lennon and they would think it is Salingers faut. when chapman was at his trial he read,” I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around–nobody big, I mean–except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff–I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be. I know it’s crazy”(Salinger). He read this from the Catcher in the Rye. This is history making because many people are fans of John Lennon and want to know the relationship with chapman and the book that influenced him to assassinate John Lennon.

1. How do historical, or political events influence the relationship between the author and audience? 2. How does the historical events affect the written text? 3. Will history be made from text?

__Aim__ > > >
 * 1)  Assassination of John Lennon
 * 1)  Calli Hegner
 * 1)  The authors purpose was to share the great achievements of John Lennon. The author is also stating how tragic this has been. The author states “John Lennon, was a great achiever for the Beatles. Lennon, being passed is a huge differences.”

__Works Cited:__ "Mark Chapman: The Assassination of John Lennon." The Crime. Crime & Investigation Network, 2005. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. Suddath, Claire. "The Death of John Lennon: Why the Fans Keep Returning."TIME.com. Entertainment, n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013.