2007-01-07 07:04:40 · 9 answers · asked by skhaslam 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I don't think it's just popular with killers, it's with anyone who has ever felt like an outcast, and felt like the world is too harsh for them.
2007-01-07 07:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, was reading it just before the murder. He said he related to the alienation and isolation of the central character Holden Caulfield. As for other killers, maybe the same reason applies. Serial killers often tend to be loners.
As for the book being flagged: Perhaps the reason has something to with Chapman citing the book as a major inspiration to commit a murder.
2007-01-07 07:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by shy_voo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Lennon 1940-1980
Respect
2007-01-07 07:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The main character in the book shares many of the emotional demons that young men such as Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's killer) had, such as feelings of anger, hopelessness and alienation.
2007-01-07 07:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Chapman had a copy of the book with him when he shot and killed former Beatle John Lennon. He cited much of the books storyline, about a boy discontented with society and people, as inspiration.
2007-01-07 07:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by mrjohntesh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that because it is the first person narrative of someone who feels like a loner and an outsider and is critical of society. Anti social types who become killers could probably empathize.
2007-01-07 08:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by sassback8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 02:12:39 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Chapman read the book, he decided that John Lennon was a complete phony - perfectly true, of course!
2007-01-07 08:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Really? Says who?
2007-01-07 07:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by Betty Good 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋