Eric Carle

Introduction Almost 20 years ago, two high school students altered the public school environment as we knew it at that time. Granted, there were plenty of other incidents involving guns and school grounds, but none on this massive level. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the time to journal and plot the murders of their peers and teachers at Columbine High School in April 1999. The journals that were left behind tell just some of what they were experiencing; but no one could quite figure out…

Behaviors,” noting that “empirical estimates show that adolescents who suffer from depression face an increased probability of engaging in property crime” (Anderson, Cesur, and Tekin 1). As Dave Cullen, author of Columbine, recounts, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, students of Columbine High School, committed this property crime. They broke into a locked van to steal computers. The police discovered Harris and Klebold, however, in an open field which resulted in a diversionary program…

On April, 20th, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 13 students and 1 teacher were shot dead by Dylan Klebold, age 17, and Eric Harris, age 18. On February 12th, 2008, 15-year-old gay student, Larry King, was shot twice and killed at E.O. Green Junior High, Oxnard, California, by 14-year-old McInerney. On May 21st ,2014, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, both aged 12, stabbed their friend Payton Leutner, age 12, 19 times near a woods in their hometown of Waukesha, Wisconsin…

The press rushing Captain Stephens with questions of how Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold got their firearms. NBC News Reporter, to the captain: Captain Stephens! Captain! Can you tell us how these two young boys got ahold of the firearms used in the shooting? Captain, speaking to the crowd of reporters: We are still investigating close friends and family, so far we have no leads. CNN News Reporter: Do you think you will find out why Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold decided to bring weapons to…

The human race has never been pure. Some would say we have Eve to thank for that. Our society is made up of an unsettling amount of murderers, rapists, and other monsters, praying on the unsuspecting and defenseless. When an innocent life is ruthlessly taken, the pain does not end after the victims last breath. The families and friends of these victims are also affected by the cruel and barbaric actions of these monsters. They are left heart broken, angry, and often without closure. History…

Jonathan D.). Thirteen lives were tragically ended, by two young men whom took it upon themselves to play the role of God. Over twenty more individuals were wounded in the line of fire unraveled by the two teens. The names of the two young men were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (DeLisi,…

In the world today, there have been many tragic occurrences that as evil, for example the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. On Wednesday February 14th , 2018 Nikolas Cruz was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Cruz, a former student of Stoneman Douglas, opened fire killing 17 and wounded many others. When looking at the situation, Many people argue about Cruz’s motive. William Golding, would argue that Nikolas Cruz is a innately evil person, his true purpose was to hurt the…

twentieth of April in the year 1999, it seemed like it was going to be just like any other Tuesday, but by the end of the day that turned out to be about as far from the truth as it could possibly be. That is because two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, arrived at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and made that small town a talking point for years to come when they began shooting at both their classmates and the staff members of their school, before fatally shooting themselves…

On April 22, 1999 two teenagers went on a killing spree at Columbine High school in Littleton, Colorado. This killing spree resulted in thirteen people pronounced dead, and more than twenty of the gunmens’ classmates and teachers were wounded before the killers turned the gun on themselves. One student, while hiding for his life, called 9-1-1 and described the location of the school and what the murderers looked like. If it weren’t for him, a multitude of other students could have potentially…

is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”(Aristotle). Anger, is normal, however, it is the cause of a notable amount of negative actions in society, as shown by Jack Merridew in the Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris the article “Columbine High School Shooting”. Anger can gradually cause people to change and completely shift into totally different characters and perform actions that normally would not be carried out by this person. Anger starts out as…