Brief Summary Of Columbine Killing By Dave Cullen

He appeals to the horror-struck emotions that the reader has for the victims of this tragedy by quoting a student, Bree Pasquale, as she recalls, “‘And they didn’t care who it was and it was all at close range. Everyone around me got shot. And I begged him for ten minutes not to shoot me.’” Cullen utilizes this quote in order to create a feeling of dismay among readers and to lead them to the conclusion that the shooters were not targeting a specific group of students and that everyone was in danger. The use of this quote conveys total disbelief among readers as everything the reader once thought about Columbine is brought into question.

He played sports and got lots of girls. He fairly tall and muscular. He would sometimes make disturbing “jokes” about killing people or hurting someone. Never did any of his classmates think that he would be the guy to plan a school shooting massacre at his own high school. C) Columbine was a little bit scary reading only because I am a high school student.

P: to provide clarity on the events leading up to, and events after the Columbine shooting

Individuals in life or death situations should not be held accountable for their action. They are obviously going to want to be alive and happy, and not die or live in misery, so victims would most likely do whatever it takes to survive. Whoever made the decisions weren’t fully thinking it through because we all develop mentally at a different age for children and adults. Individuals who are in life or death situations don’t put themselves in that positions purposely to where they know they can die. In situations like these, everyone feels stress to the point where they have no other option until it is too late when they make their final choice like what happened in “The Seventh Man”

I believe the theme for Columbine is just to inform the reader of the event that took place. The author was basically just trying to show all the research that he had done to better explain what happened. Dave Cullen wasn’t being bias and trying to convince the reading to feel the same way he felt about it. He was simply giving information and allowing the reader the perceive it in their own way. Columbine was written primarily for an informative purpose.

    Truth lied deep in the multiple news stories that were spread across the nation in a matter of minutes. As the world became aware of the tragedies at Columbine many ideas were widely spread, but not all of them were true, Cullen showed the readers the truth of what happened. Distressed students and faculty call the news to report the situation, in such a terrifying experience their judgement and memory is clouded by fear, many people thought that they were telling the truth but in fact it was only the truth that lies in their head. “One hour into the columbine horror, news stations were informing the public that toe or more gunmen were behind it. Two hours in, The Trench Coat Mafia was to blame.” (Cullen 150). New was reported on what was thought to be true at the time, but as they spoke too soon, the information that was spread across the nation proved to be false. As Cullen analyzed thousands of papers, taped and videos he was able to understand where

Dave Cullen’s purpose in writing Columbine is to expose the truth about the killers. Dave Cullen exposes Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris the Columbine shooters; everything from their extensive planning, their motives, and the harrowing results of the massacre are revealed throughout Columbine.

v Guilt (such as feeling others should have lived and he should have died, or feeling

In general, I’ve never had someone close to me pass away in my entire life. It is difficult for me to fathom how much pain Hae Lee Min’s family and friends felt. I can understand the possible justice they felt when the murderer of their daughter is caught and sent to jail for life. “Serves him right!” is the phrase that pops into my head. However, now that this case is being re-investigated in hopes that he is released, it lead me to think about how the Lee family is feeling. That the person caught was actually wrong and perpetrator is still loosened unpunished. I can understand how the Lee family might feel because in my past, I have also had someone accidentally hurt me, but ran off and never apologized.

Seventy-two analogous cases. 89 killed. 126 injured. Every single shot fired was an indirect result of the Columbine shooting (“The Columbine effect,” 2015). On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado with semiautomatic weapons and homemade bombs.

When looking at the events at Columbine High School most Americans have reached one of two conclusions as to Why they did it. The first being the pair were outcasts of “Trench Coat Mafia” and were taking revenge against bullies what had made school miserable for them. The second conclusion is that this massacre is inexplicable and we will never be able to understand what drove them to such horrific violence. However the FBI and world renowned mental health experts such as psychiatrist Dr. Frank Ochberg and supervising Special Agent Dwayne Fuselier of FBI have come to very different conclusions.

The documentary is founded on Moore’s satirical and mischievous style of filmmaking – the title for one is a play on the Ray Bradbry novel, Fahrenheit 451, about a totalitarian dystopia where reading and independent thought is outlawed. Through selective editing, clips and graphics are weaved together

The system works that the criminal does the crime, the criminal gets caught, tried and convicted, and it is understood that the punishment will be severe. The person the criminal has killed no longer has a part to play in this. Unfortunately the murderer has deprived their family and friends of a loved one. Their grief begins with the murder. “It may not end with the murderer’s execution, but the execution does engender a feeling of relief at no longer having to think about the ordeal- a feeling which often fails to arise while the murder still lives on” (The Facts). the system in place currently is there for the purpose of granting justice, cannot do so for the surviving victims, unless the murderer himself is put to death (The Facts).

Here is a quote from the passage in where people no longer feel for the victims because of how many times they’ve through it. “I watched other hangings. I never saw a single victim weep. These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears.” (pg. 63)

My dad was brutally murdered a day ago and no one knows who did it. I am sitting in the front row of the funeral with my suspicious mother who is 78 years old. I remorse on who would do this to my father. He was stabbed 17 times brutally and died in agony. I knew who it was all along . . .