The Life and Times of John Lennon
The Life of John Lennon
(We All Want To Change the World)
Report on a Manuscript by John Wyse Jackson
1.0 Book Synopsis
John Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist. He gained worldwide fame through the many bands he formed to eventually create the Beatles, one of the most successful pop/rock groups of all time. From an early age John was convinced of his genius and expanded his complex mind through song writing, visual art, drugs, booze, meditation and psychotherapy. His Irish roots, his hard childhood in Liverpool and his background influenced his music, philosophy and attitude to life and politics. John’s career was transformed in 1968 when he joined forces with Yoko Ono. This extraordinary couple became known for their very public pleas for world peace and they became familiar figures in the international protest movement. As the Beatles broke up, John began his successful solo career creating many incredible songs, one being the extremely successful song Imagine that became an anthem after he was shot by a mentally disturbed fan in 1980.
2.0 Vision Of Reality
2.1 Time Period
John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England in 1940 to Julia and Freddie Lennon. In 1945 Julia’s sister Mimi took John away from his mother when he was just 5 years old. If Mimi had not taken John, his life would have ended up very differently, and not in a good way. Julia Lennon (Johns Mother) could see this and often said to Mimi: “You’re his real mother; all I did was give birth” (P15) The biography tells of John Lennon’s difficult childhood, but of his thoughts that deep down he was convinced he was a natural born genius. With his artistic and musical skills he began to form bands as a teenager and eventually The Beatles hired a manager (Brian Epstein) and so began the rise to fame. Then from “Beatlemania” came Yoko Ono, a successful solo career and then a terrible early death. The manuscript covers from before Lennon
(We All Want To Change the World)
Report on a Manuscript by John Wyse Jackson
1.0 Book Synopsis
John Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist. He gained worldwide fame through the many bands he formed to eventually create the Beatles, one of the most successful pop/rock groups of all time. From an early age John was convinced of his genius and expanded his complex mind through song writing, visual art, drugs, booze, meditation and psychotherapy. His Irish roots, his hard childhood in Liverpool and his background influenced his music, philosophy and attitude to life and politics. John’s career was transformed in 1968 when he joined forces with Yoko Ono. This extraordinary couple became known for their very public pleas for world peace and they became familiar figures in the international protest movement. As the Beatles broke up, John began his successful solo career creating many incredible songs, one being the extremely successful song Imagine that became an anthem after he was shot by a mentally disturbed fan in 1980.
2.0 Vision Of Reality
2.1 Time Period
John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England in 1940 to Julia and Freddie Lennon. In 1945 Julia’s sister Mimi took John away from his mother when he was just 5 years old. If Mimi had not taken John, his life would have ended up very differently, and not in a good way. Julia Lennon (Johns Mother) could see this and often said to Mimi: “You’re his real mother; all I did was give birth” (P15) The biography tells of John Lennon’s difficult childhood, but of his thoughts that deep down he was convinced he was a natural born genius. With his artistic and musical skills he began to form bands as a teenager and eventually The Beatles hired a manager (Brian Epstein) and so began the rise to fame. Then from “Beatlemania” came Yoko Ono, a successful solo career and then a terrible early death. The manuscript covers from before Lennon