Family and friends would have never guessed that the kid who they once knew, with a bright future ahead of him and a role model to many, would be the prime suspect to acts of terrorisms against America. To his family and friends, he seamlessly hid the real pain that he was going through, starting with the divorce of his parents, causing his father to return to Russia and making his older brother Tamerlan to become the head of the house. Under all the pain and influences around him, a monster was created. The crimes that Dzhokhar committed can be directly justified in the viewpoints under the positivist theories. Under his circumstances, it is understandable for Dzhokhar to look up to his older brother and be heavily influenced by him, especially since his brother was
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In the article “The Dark Side, Carefully Masked,” Wines and Lovett (2013) reveals Dzhokhar’s feelings for his brother through his childhood friend, “Mr. Mazaev said. ‘[Tamerlan] was [Dzhokhar’s] older brother and the only male of the house, so he was more dependent on him’” (p. 6). This
In the article “The Dark Side, Carefully Masked,” Wines and Lovett (2013) reveals Dzhokhar’s feelings for his brother through his childhood friend, “Mr. Mazaev said. ‘[Tamerlan] was [Dzhokhar’s] older brother and the only male of the house, so he was more dependent on him’” (p. 6). This