The first obstacle of his life came the night he was born as he, a newborn baby, had to survive a German bombing raid. He went 24 hours without proper Medical attention. While growing up in Liverpool, he led a good life until the age of 5 when he had to decide between his mom and his dad, the second major obstacle in his life. He at first chose his dad. But after seeing his mom breakdown, he chose his mother. When he was 19, he spent some time at his mothers with his fellow friend, Paul McCartney. They left and his Johns uncle Neil came in. Neil spoke with Julia then left. About 1 hour later, John found out his mother had been ran over by a policeman on duty.
John was even more crushed when the court acquitted the policeman. Shortly afterward john formed the Beatles with friends Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. For 10 years, the band was the most talked about thing on the planet but john was crushed when they broke up due to his wife, Yoko Ono. John went solo and recorded his own songs. His mist famous solo piece was “Imagine” which went to Number one on the charts. As he was walking to his apartment at the Dakota in new York, a crazy fan called “Mr.Lennon!” and went into a firing stance and shot john 5 times with hollow head bullets. By the time john reached the hospital, he had lost 80% of his blood and was pronounced dead. John Lennon influenced music by bringing Rock and Roll in and paved the way for the “British Invasion” era of music. He also popularized Asian music through his wife Yoko ono. John also began the form of songs called “Protest Songs” with his many songs protesting war.
People:
- Paul McCartney: Paul met john when john was only 14. After hearing Paul play, John immediately decided to let Paul into his band at that time called “The Quarry Men”. Paul Later helped john start the Beatles and provided most of the vocals for their songs. Without Paul the Beatles wouldn't have had such magnificent songs as “Help!, “Penny Lane”, “Let it be”, and “Hey Jude”
- Yoko Ono: Yoko Ono met john at an art museum john had went to. She gave john some of her avant garde artwork which would usually consist of such strange things as a broken cup or a dirty pudding container. As john's interest grew in her, he divorced his wife and married her. Without Yoko john would never have popularized Asian music. He also would have never been shot to death, in some fans opinions.
- Sean Lennon: Sean was john's son born in 1975. John would spend countless hours playing with Sean. He would bring Sean into his recording studio and taught him how to play drums, which Sean is heard playing in the song “darling boy”. Without Sean john would have never written the song darling boy which is considered to be one of the greatest solo works he did.
John Lennon represents generosity because he would often play for free at various benefit concerts. In 1976, he played a benefit concert outside of a prison, where he believed a man had been wrongly jailed. It was his last public performance. For this reason, john represents Generosity
John Lennon represents Curiosity because he often experimented with things he had never tried. In 1964, he experimented with LSD and was amazed at the effects. While this is not a good thing, some consider it to be the reason he wrote the masterpiece “strawberry fields forever” which most considers to be the greatest Beatles song. For this reason, he represents curiosity.
“Give Peace a Chance” represents john the most because it shows his strong, firm belief in peace. He spent all his life working for peace, attempting to end wars. Needless to say, he was unsuccessful. But that qoutation most represents his personality by his never ending quest for peace.
John Lennon is a humanitarian because he spent his life working for peace and making peoples lives well by holding benefit concerts to raise money for people less fortunate than him.
