Ideological State Apparatuses Relates to John Lennon’s Death

Relates Louis Althusser’s ideology and ideological state apparatuses to how the book called The Catcher in the Rye influenced Mark Chapman to murder John Lennon…….. On December 8, 1980. Mark David Chapman committed the murder of John Lennon, which was the lead singer of the famous musician band, The Beatles. After Killing John Lennon. He calmly said “I just shot John Lennon”, then he took a copy of The Catcher in the Rye from his pocket and began to read . Chapman was obsessed with the book and he identified himself strongly as Holden Caulfield, he even requested the state attorney general to change his name to Holden Caulfield. After being arrested by the police. He took out his copy of The Catcher in the Rye, and wrote “This is my Statement”, then he signed Holden’s name in the book. At his trial, he read aloud one of the passages in the book . There are many hypotheses as to why Mark Chapman Killed John Lennon. In the book, Holden Caulfield did not kill anyone and not even the thought of it, but Chapman believed that this was what Holden Caulfield would have done……………….Use it as a general structure for the thesis. additional sources can be used, but please stick to the Louis Althusser’s ideology and ideological state apparatuses and do quote from the reading to the paper.