Dylan Dialectical Journal

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The next journal entry, page eightteen, is a love letter addressed to the girl from page eight. The note was neater and more legible than his regular scrawled pages. The letter begins romantic, and slowly it seems Dylan falls into a depression, talking himself out of the pursuit of a relationship. The letter turns into a cry for help; a suicide note. “99/100 chances you prob. think I’m crazy, & want to stay as far away as possible. If that’s the case, then I’m very sorry for involving an innocent person in my problems, & please don’t think twice. (sic)(Klebold 18)” The note was found in his notebook by the police, never given to the mystery girl, which could have turned Dylan’s outlook on life completely around. By not delivering this heartfelt letter, Dylan missed what could have been a life-altering opportunity to find the happiness he died for. This letter reinforces that Dylan was anything but a psychopathic killer. Psychopaths are proven to show no emotion, while Dylan clearly overflows with the love of other human life.
The lack of help is weighing down on Dylan as he quotes on page 21, dated August 8, 1998, “i think I don’t care
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The community let this child, not even an adult yet, fall behind because he was not the same. He got left behind because he was awkward, tall, lanky, thin, and quiet. His black attire was not the same as the “jocks” which he envied so much. All opportunities of a wonderful life for Dylan Benet Klebold were wasted between the years of 1996 and 1999, by his peers, his family, and himself. On page 42, dated “?-?-?”, Dylan writes a two line will, “Ok, this is my will. This is a [edited] human thing to do, but whatever, [name] - you were a [edited], never failed to get me up when i was down. Thx. You get [edited] (sic) (Klebold 42)”. Pages forty-three and forty-four are drawings of guns on presumably Dylan’s body, maps, and an elaborate schedule (Klebold

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