Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

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 then what leads to an act like this? Some studies show that homicidal thoughts are common for teens. Teen males are more likely to commit a homicide than a teen female. Most weapons of choice they picked were either a gun or their bare hands. Some…

“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner” –Max Lucado. Rachel’s ethics can be hard to uphold. Rachel is a victim that was shot at Columbine on April 20, 1999. Rachel was a kind, loving, and forgiving. Rachel wanted everyone to be friends and no one to be bullies or bullied. Rachel’s dad Darrell Scott wanted to continue his daughters’ legacy. So Darrell wrote a book called Chain Reaction. The Columbine shooters were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.…

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 could not…

“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 from the school to divert police. Next, they would detonate a bomb in the cafeteria.…

Columbine The tragedy among youth, April 20, 1999; two troubled young men lash out their rage and depression on the high school they were cast out from; Columbine High, Littleton, Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the two adolescents that committed this heinous crime. Over all, these murders had caused thirteen deaths and twenty one, brutal injuries. Although, most of the deaths and injuries were by gunshot, many explosives were also used. The explosive were manufactured by Klebold…

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 elementary school. He was a typical…

Dylan Klebold was an intelligent student but had an extremely hard time fitting in at his high school. He befriended Eric Harris and they became close friends due to the similar interests they had. Dylan was hard on himself with his physical appearance, he was very self- loathing and girls did not find him appealing. Depression had a huge impact and was the underlying reason for the actions of Dylan Klebold in the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999. As time went by Dylan’s depression…

It was just a normal day at Columbine High School, after a long prom weekend. Students were just gathering together in the cafeteria eating lunch. While on Monday, April 20, 1999, two seniors by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold called this massacre Judgement Day. This massacre “Judgement Day” was the largest massacre before the twentieth century. This shooting shocked the whole world, and it still is to this day. People till this day what motivate them to murder thirteen innocent…

school. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris was the shooters during the incident. Who or what is responsible for the Columbine massacre? Eric was the mastermind of Columbine shooting. Eric thought he was immortal, he wanted the whole world in his palms. Getting away from trouble wasn’t hard for him, his words were the key for him to get out of it."I will force myself to believe that everyone is just another monster from Doom” Eric felt like everyone is a monster to him besides his close friends. Eric…

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20th, 1999. Both were seniors at the school, both kept journals largely concerned with planning the massacre, and both killed themselves at the conclusion of the shooting. Both had been bullied severely, but had friends other than each other. Harris had a history of depression and suicidal thoughts, and was prescribed medication for this. Klebold had more severe depression,…