Columbine

Fifteen dead, twenty-four injured at a high school in Columbine, Colorado. These were the headlines that shocked our nation on April twentieth nineteen ninety nine. Two Columbine High School students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, carried out this deadly shooting and left a community in turmoil with more questions than answers. What would cause two teenagers to go into a school and commit mass murder? Was it bullying? Was it madness? Was it the fact that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold just…

On the day of April 20th, 1999 Littleton, Colorado the whole country was shaken to its roots because of the tragedy which had taken place at Columbine High School. Two armed and highly dangerous students named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had launched a full on premeditated assault on the school and its occupants. They reason for their attack was the hatred that grew within them for the school and its occupants due to its social cruelty, injustice and unfairness. They had premeditated this…

The school violence at Columbine High School was depressing. I got the chills from watching the video. On April 20th1999, a terrifying event happened at Columbine High School in Colorado. The school massacre involved two students, who were known as misfits. They have been planning the attack for 12 months. There was solid evidence leading up to the horrifying massacre killing 17 individuals including students and teachers. The gunmen did not have a specific group of students to target. The…

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have made history with the massacre at Columbine High School the rate of death is 15 including themselves and the wounded survivors 23. Since they were white male that was in the surborn school it was the society, both of them make a statement their parents were not at fault. Eric was a psychopath while Dylan was suicide it huge role one that. Eric and Dylan have made a statement about their parents were not at fault, they the ones who is not responsible but…

(Which pertains to Id, Ego, and Superego) this is a relatable and credible statement that gives possible reasoning for Dylan's doings. However, Dylan’s actions were forced by his overdeveloped Id Eric. Cullen’s novel Columbine, displays Eric as sole perpetrator, responsible for the Columbine shooting. Eric’s over overdeveloped id caused Dylan, who is going through a state of deep depression became manipulated. Eric’s overpowered Id keeps Dylan from pursuing happiness. The Antagonist lours Dylan…

A massacre is a brutal slaughter of a large number of people. The shooting was at the Columbine high school in Littleton, Colorado. Two teens went on a shooting spree, killing 13 students. This shooting affected many lives in Colorado. Because of this shooting, school safety has become the main concern for the students. The school administration has required all schools to practice lock down drills, having anti-bullying zones, zero-tolerance policies and the practice of A.L.I.C.E. On April…

dark history we will see what we need to. People focus on the wrong things when these atrocities happen. By Encyclopedia definition the Columbine shooting was a act of aggression by two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who on April 20th at about 11 A.M opened fire in the school killing 12 students and a teacher, further…

“murdered one teacher and twelve of their peers” (Senior) inside Columbine High School. The massacre would become the “most lethal” (Senior) in the nation. Almost immediately after the killings took place, the media arrived at Columbine High School. With media comes many myths. After being consumed in the media coverage of the Columbine shooting, Dave Cullen conducted years of research to learn the truth about what happened inside Columbine High School on that gloom April Day. Almost ten years…

The Columbine Massacre Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold will always leave a mark on Columbine High School because of the massacre of April 20, 1999. On April 9, 1981, Eric Harris was born and had an average childhood until he began high school. Eric did not fit in and was bullied constantly. On September 11, 1981 Dylan Klebold was born into a middle class family and also played little league throughout his childhood. Dylan was born in Wichita, Kansas and then moved to Littleton, Colorado. He was a…

COLUMBINE; AMERICA 'S AWAKENING “In a matter of minutes, two youths shot and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wounded 20 others, before turning their guns on themselves,” says the article “The Columbine Tragedy, April 20 1999” from Historic U.S. Events. Overcome with hatred, two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, conducted a mass murder shooting at Columbine High School. This provoked fear and inspired a wave of other school shootings across the country. At 11:15 am, a mass…