"He saw himself as someone who was going to be assassinated, and he was totally obsessed with assassination". (p. 60)
John Lennon, a legend, focused on the morbid idea of assassination when appearing to be a peace making man. Although Lennon seemed to be so peaceful, the realization that he himself would have such a brutal demise of assassination fascinated him. Realistically, its plausible to be focused on death when trying to make everyone stop fighting, however, rather ironic. A man so devoted to peace and torn up inside knowing there's no way he would live to see it happen. The image I chose in connection to this quote is of a brutally killed man. The thing that struck me with the connection was the writing in his left hand. It seems to me as though Lennon died trying to accomplish peace. He was aware that his death would be public and soon, but still felt it necessary to speak and write what meant so much to him, even if it lead to his death.
Jack Jones, Let Me Take You Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1992), page 60
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