Columbine High School, is a famous high school for all the wrong reasons. Everyone typically asks, why? However, nothing can justify a right or wrong answer as to why the school shooting happened. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the two shooters of Columbine. Harris was a psychopath, he was a criminal mastermind, he showed no empathy, and he could hide the fact of being a psychopath. Harris hated the world, in his journal he talks about killing, getting rid of mankind, and mass murder. Klebold was a sensitive, loving boy. Klebold was also filled with hate but his hate was in himself, not towards the world. In Dylan’s journal, he most frequently talked about love. Dylan was in love with a girl, she had no idea he was in love with her. In …show more content…
Dylan Klebold’s journal was full of love. Dylan wrote in his journal, “Oh My God..... I am almost sure I am in love” (Klebold 8.) He also journaled, “I think of her every second of every day, I want to be with her, I imagine me & her doing things together, the sound of her laugh, I picture her face, I love her” (Dylan 8.) Dylan was capable of feeling love, he was just a sad teen. Eric Harris’s journal was full of hate. Eric talked about how much he wanted to eliminate mankind. Eric did not care if he died committing mass murder. “HATE! I'm full of hate and I love it. I HATE PEOPLE and they better f****** fear me if they know what's good for em” (Eric 1.) Dylan and Eric both experienced hateful thoughts or else Dylan would not have gone along with Eric’s idea. Although Dylan was a sensitive boy he ended up being influenced by Eric enough to go through with Eric’s …show more content…
Eric was a psychopath. Dylan Klebold was depressed. His parents knew he was sad but did not know how bad it was. Dylan’s parents did know Dylan was depressed but worse than the parents knew. “His parents didn’t understand the full extent of it, but high school wasn’t turning out to be a kind place for him. He started getting in trouble and complained of how certain groups of kids were ruthless bullies, yet the school did nothing to stop them” (Parker 3.) Dylan was known to be the type of child any parent would want to raise. Dylan was a kind, smart, sweet, and generous boy. As Dylan got older he became more complex. Eric was a psychopath, a cold-blooded killer, had no empathy, and was incredible at hiding his true self. Eric would hide his true self from everyone. No one knew Eric was a psychopath, not even his parents. Eric created pipe bombs in his bedroom and stored them in his bedroom. The typical parent would come into their teen’s room occasionally to check on them. “Eric and Dylan had planned to be dead shortly after the weekend, but Friday night they had a little work to do: one last shift at Blackjack” ( Cullen 393.) The typical person is not going to attend work as they are planning on dying. Eric played the system, he would act normal as if nothing was wrong so people were not
Eric had a journal full of his daily throughts and feelings. Alot of what was in that
In the book Columbine by Dave Cullen, Dylan and Eric are the two teenage boys who was in control of the high school shooting. We can only assume why they did it. The boys both had their own problems and just seemed to click when they were together. Eric was a psychopath and Dylan would listen to him.
Eric Harris was by all accounts a normal high school teenager. Former classmate, Kyle Ross, said, “He was a typical guy. He didn’t seem anything like what is portrayed on TV”. Eric was nothing like what they made him out to be after the Columbine shooting but after it took place, many untold secrets came out that were both crucial and imperative regarding Eric and Dylan.
When he talked about Eric he described a psychopath: Charming, frequent liar, and killing is something that amuses them. “Dylan wasn’t planning to kill anyone, except, God willing, himself.” ( Cullen 174). On the other hand the author used the words depressed, lonely, and sad to describe Dylan. Which was the total opposite from Eric.
One of America’s Top Tragedies: Columbine On April 20, 1999, a tragedy struck America that would gradually change school laws and security over time. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 18, started shooting and throwing homemade pipe bombs inside Columbine Highschool. There were 13 deaths and over 20 injured, making it infamous as one of America's worst school shootings. Many were inspired to create items and writings that hover around the thought of the Columbine incident, many works include Columbine by Dave Cullen and Rachel Scott journals by Beth Nimmo and Debra Klingsporn.
It was just a normal day in Littleton, Columbine. Until it wasn’t. On April 20, 1999, one of the nation’s deadliest shootings would occur in Colorado, leaving many devastated. The two behind this massacre are Eric Harris, age 18, and Dylan Klebold, age 17. Both boys were considered social outcasts at school, both hated school, hated jocks, and loved computers and video games.
Sara Whobrey Professor McCrady English 102 24 January, 2023 The Psychopathy Behind the Columbine Killer, Eric Harris Psychopaths are people who are born unable to feel a strong emotion of humans, empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and feel for others and their feelings. Lack of empathy is only one trait of a psychopath. According to Crego and Widiger, the trait most attributed to psychopathy are antagonism, manipulativeness, dishonesty, and callousness. (Crego and Widiger 1.)
Eric and Dylan started to wear trench coats and all black. They were against everyone and wanted to murder people so they planned it out for a while until they eventually did it one day. No one knew where to go or what to do because they were very unprepared. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold are similar because they both had mental illnesses, killed people, and had
Some appear to have just been born this way, others had contributing factors that may have triggered something inside that caused them to react in such a violent, hideous manner. There are some children born that have no conscience, yet they do not kill. I feel that Eric, being 13, knew he was harming or killing Derrick, however, and did not seem to be bothered by his actions. Having been incarcerated at such a young age, I must wonder if he received any type of help or counseling from the judicial system to help him transition back into society with life management skills needed. Is there hope for Eric to become a productive member of society, or will he kill again?
Eric wanted to kill as many people as possible, which would also affect their families. His way of manipulation was by letting everyone know that he was doing better in school and improving his behavior. Once he realized that the bombs were not going off, he decided to go in and start shooting.
Dylan was less predictable, but probably resembled a bipolar experiencing mixed episode; depressed and manic at once, indifferent to his actions; remorseless by not sadistic.” (350). Through the use of “psychopath”, the readers become aware of where they each stand mentally as individuals. The crimes committed by Klebold and Harris are described with the choice words such as “psychopath” to further the reader's understanding of their mental status and their appalling thoughts leading to their plan and furthering the knowledge of their horrific
Why They Did It Columbine High School is a dense populated school with many different types of groups and cliques. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris did not fit into just one individual group, which predominantly classifies them as “outsiders”. Outsiders usually did not hangout with other cliques, and they did not seem to really fit in. Dylan and Eric were no exception and kept to themselves most of the time.
Eric being the main victim presents a void in Larry’s heart that can’t be replace since the disappearance of parental figure, Larry never receive the proper guide to handle a situation well, rather his actions were not punish to an extent which allows him to over abuse every victim without a care or fear for his
Despite his initial lack of awareness and remorse, Eric eventually comes to an understanding of the gravity of his actions and the impact that they had on Eva's life. As the play progresses, Eric becomes increasingly remorseful and apologetic for his behaviour, and he vows to change his ways. This is evident in the following
Eric was in his room, packing away the last of his things. Not that he had much to begin with. Even though he finished school four years earlier, Eric didn't really