Ed Harris

deaths occur in a singular day in a Colorado high school. Dave Cullen’s book Columbine scrutinizes the Columbine High School massacre along with its investigative reports, rumors and murderers. On April 20, 1999, two Columbine High School seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, fail to completely execute their meticulous plan to massacre. However, their open fire at their school rapidly horrifies their community and nation. The press arrives before the SWAT team penetrates the building.…

Columbine… The worst school shooting in the twentieth century… Why did Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris commit this gruesome act of violence? We all would like to think that we know the answers, but in reality, we’re far from knowing what was really going on in their minds. What were their motives? Were they bullied, or were they just going insane? Dylan Klebold was born in Lakewood, California. He was born into a passive and church going family. Dylan was in a program for the gifted in his…

Often regarded as one of the worst school shootings in American history, the Columbine Massacre influenced not only the lives of the students and families personally affected, but had a significant impact on numerous issues throughout the rest of the country. Though this was not the first instance of school related violence, the careful planning, explanations given, and ultimate brutality of the event provoked many individuals to question whether or not it could have been prevented, and what…

Columbine shooting took place. I had seen the news and read articles on Columbine, but I had yet to see the security camera footages. Seeing these footages of children running for their life haunts me, it breaks my heart and it made me fearful. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were able to legally purchase a gun, at the age of 18, while still in high school. They were also able to purchase 900 rounds of ammo at a local Kmart. With that, they killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and affected…

A possible theme for the book “Columbine” is always pay attention and watch for signs. In the book there is many occasions where Eric and Dylan both showed signs of planning something violent. People knew about the pipe bombs, but no one said anything to the cops. Certain people also knew about them owning guns but again nobody said anything to the cops. The cops also had ways of stopping them and had numerous evidence files that Eric was threatening to kill people but everybody ignored the…

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, two seniors approached Columbine High School in Littleton,Colorado at approximately 11:19 AM and proceeded to devastate the nation. There were 17 days until graduation when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library. Immediately, a media storm of theories and disbelief evolved. In the months following the shooting, reports depicting the two as vengeful victims of bullying and the…

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 school shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In…

“Judgment Day” (Cullen “Reluctant”). They chose the date April 20th. According to “Columbine, Bullying, and the Mindset of Eric Harris” written by psychologist Peter Longman, April 20th was chosen because it was Hitler 's birthday and the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Eric wrote about this plans in his diary (Biography, Eric Harris). Over a span of a couple of months, Harris designed 7 big propane tank bombs. The first step in his plan was to plant a “decoy bomb” three miles away…

many. It 's hard to believe something so horrific has to occur before society realizes there 's something wrong, that there 's a real problem and something needs to change. To this day there are still many who don 't understand why to two boys Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did what they did. Going into their very own school and killing friends and teachers like its nothing, almost treating them like slaughter animals or killing like it 's a sport, that is something many cannot wrap their brains…

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…