Icon Project

What I learned about the Icon Project was more information about John Lennon, and how to relate myself better to other people. I also learned other things about my classmates, like who their idols were or are, and why. I learned new things about myself, things that are similar to other people.

My statement didn't evolve so much, because it was actually pretty good. the only changes I did were the title, and some sentence errors. I feel anything else about the statement was great, and I'm glad the people that looked it over liked it.

It felt really good to do this project because it was a person I could easily relate myself to. I really liked this project, I hope we do something similar to this in the future. By the way, sorry, the picture came out on the wrong side, just, tilt your head so you can read it. ^^;

War is Over, so Give Peace a Chance

I never really saw anything interesting or special about John Lennon. Well, when I was little, anyway. All I knew about him was that he was part of the Beatles, a band that ruled in my house, a band I grew up listening to. But as I grew older, I began to be more interested in John Lennon in particular, because my parents told me about his achievements and what he stood for.

Then I researched him by myself and realized on my own how big he became and how inspiring his beliefs were. I was very impressed as I learned everything I found out. Almost immediately after he left the Beatles in 1969, he started to sing songs of peace, songs that told the world about the hope there was for war to be over and how everyone should be treated as an equal. He wanted peace, equality between men and women, racial equality, economic equality, no borders, etc.

Sadly, he was killed in 1980 for stating this. Many people didn’t want him to change the world for the better, so they took him out of the way. John Lennon stood for many meaningful things, and the impact he had upon the world shook it all so much that up until this day, he and his ideals are still remembered. He was and is still so inspiring, he makes me wish I had been there; that I had been at every single one of his concerts in person, that I had gotten to sing “Give Peace a Chance” and "Happy Christmas/War is Over" with him and all those people.

He makes me wish he was still alive. But then again, it doesn’t affect me so much that he’s dead, because he’s still alive in our hearts and minds. Millions of people still feel so strong about his opinions. He is still supported even after all these years.

John Lennon was a great idol, and you can see very easily why; some people who disagreed with him wanted him gone because of the threat the impact he had on people with his positive, revolutionary ideas was, so they had him killed, but not even that worked. It’s as if by killing Lennon, they unleashed his strength and his influence a thousand times more. I really admire him because he wasn't afraid of expressing what he thought around the world at all, and I think the connection between him and me is that I also support his ideals, and I'd be willing to sing about them in front of millions too. Maybe even give up my life as well, as long as people see the meaning of what I stood for and support it as well, so that the hope never dies.