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    On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered a total of thirteen people. After this killing spree, the two killed themselves. The one question everyone is asking is why they killed innocent people. To this day their motive is still unclear. They had a plan to attack and kill as many people as possible before getting killed or killing themselves. Some view this as a horrific tragedy while very few see this as a deadly inspiration. If some view this as a deadly inspiration…

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    Columbine And Stereotypes

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    ready for school, not expecting anything but another lame school day. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, however, knew it wasn’t just another regular school day. For they had the intention to blow up their school with propane bombs and kill any and all survivors. And if it wasn’t for the faulty wiring in their beloved bombs’ timers…the result would 've been much, much worse. They’re goal…

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    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 could not get along with mass society? How were teenagers able to get their hands on…

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    The massacre at Columbine High School on April 20 of 1999 was one of the most tragic school shootings in American history at the time. From almost the moment the media aired the event, speculation began as to why Dylan Harris and Eric Klebold would commit such horrific acts. Surveillance camera and home video images flooded the news and the minds of people watching them, imprinting ideas of “bullied outcasts, clad in trench coats, seeking revenge on ‘jocks’ and minorities” (James, 2006).…

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    Mass Shooting History

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    In history, we have heard about numerous mass shootings happening all around the world. A mass shooting consists of four or more shot and/or killed in a single event. Mass shootings can happen “in backyards and at block parties, in mansions and housing projects, in quiet neighborhoods and at rowdy bars, at schools, restaurants, churches, gas stations and grocery stores” (Stuart). Stuart also mentions: “They are random, and they are premeditated” (Stuart). In particular, schools are foremost…

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    An author 's voice, style, tone, and intent is the way an author expresses their writing that is personalized and distinguishable only to them. It can not be replicated or copied by any one but the author themselves. The style is what is used to fit a specific context and or purpose. The voice helps the author express their style by adding personality. The tone is an author 's attitude to the topic. The intent is the main message the author is trying to get across to the reader. Authors that…

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    came to be on April 20, 1999 to the 1,945 students attending Columbine High School. On April 20,1999 at 11:19 a.m. two Columbine students wearing trench coats went on a rampage outside of the school shooting students and staff. The students were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 12 students, including a staff member, leaving more than 20 others injured. Their original plan was to bomb the school, but after they set the bombs in their places around the school, they didn’t go off as…

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    behaviour which could have been a reason as to why he would continue committing crimes. The parents responded to Dylan’s unlawful behaviour with a punishment in hopes that he would learn from it. Ergo, perhaps it can be argued that it was his friend, Eric Harris that had the biggest influence on Dylan’s control and behaviour and not the parents. As mentioned before the boys differed in personalities. Dylan, throughout his diary journals, often blamed himself and God (for creating someone like…

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    Eric Harris and Dyland Klebold were two young perpetrators who murdered 12 students and a teacher alongside injuring 21 people at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. An interesting point to contemplate was the negative self-concept that both Harris and Klebold held. Throughout Harris’s diary journals he would document that he wanted revenge against anyone who he thought had…

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    16, 2007 when a student at Virginia Tech killed thirty-two students. Eric Harris was born on April 9, 1981 in Wichita Kansas and had an interest in joining the military. Harris has been described as someone who possessed above average intelligence and was . Dylan Klebold was born on September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado and had an interest in technology. Klebold has been described as shy and a follower. Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold were friends since…

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