Dylan Klebold: Summary And Analysis

and self-identity. The protagonist of the book, Jessamy, has trouble finding her true identity due

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were normal teenagers, who did what normal teenagers did. They both came from solid homes, with both of their parents together and older brothers. They similarly had jobs at the same pizza parlor, enjoyed playing video

Five years after the shooting, FBI analysts diagnosed Dylan with depression and Eric as a psychopath (At last we know why the Columbine killers did it, 2004). Dylan was hurting inside and had no proven desire to hurt other people, only himself. Many believe his depressive state is what led him to give in to Eric’s ideas. Eric on the other hand hated society as a whole. He wanted nothing more but to cause as much destruction as he could. His journal entries showed what little respect he had for anything, "I hate the f---ing world.” Eric’s family moved around a lot growing up which can provide some possible explanation for why he didn’t have many friends and or relationships. The interesting part about his mental illness is the lack of signs that anything was wrong at all. Exteriorly, Eric was said to be a “nice kid”. On the inside he was strategic and deceitful. Those who knew Harris portrayed him as independent and self-sufficient young man, but his personal reflections told another story. He was enraged by others actions and hated the superficial people surrounding him. He was very troubled. “Harris was not merely a troubled kid, the psychiatrists say, he was a psychopath”(At last we know why the Columbine killers did it,

On this day in 1999of April 20, two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south of Denver. At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold, 18, and Eric Harris, 17, dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside the school before moving inside to continue their rampage. By 11:35 a.m., Klebold and Harris had killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded another 23 people. Shortly after noon, the two teens turned their guns on themselves and committed suicide. This event made me feel safe around schools with uniforms because it makes it more unlikely for students to bring weapons. It shows that teens may be all able to get weapons easily making me aware of the people surrounding me.

They had come to their breaking point and could no longer take it any longer so they did what they thought would fix their problems. And what they chose to do was to destroy the lives of so many people and to even end their own. This event made history as the first ever school shooting massacre and that was their goal they wanted to be noticed. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had even destroyed the sense of safety across the nation because now everyone believed someone they knew could be a

The consequences of excessive desire to be someone else, a recurring theme I evaluated from an accumulation of texts ‘All the bright places’ written by Jennifer Niven, ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ directed by Anthony Minghella, Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol and Catch me if you can directed by Steven Spielberg. To examine this theme in detail to further an understanding of how the same theme can be expressed in a number of ways, I used three questions to help develop a conclusion-, has society alienated the protagonist and if so how, how does the characters struggle with their identity , also what consequences this desire has caused.

All of their friends I am sure thought of them as typical teenagers as well. Although their nicknames were a little frightening in some ways no one

Dylan was a quiet reserved kid who enjoyed using computers and did not fit in with the jock culture at school. He was a considered a “normal” kid and like everyone else he even attended the prom three days before the shooting. Unlike Harris, Klebold was easier to understand; he was a kid that suffered from depression. He was also temperamental and suicidal. The two boys were perfect for each other and they fed off of each other's emotions. Ultimately, the two did not care about the jock culture and they were not bullied; they just simply hated everyone, and they wanted to kill. Harris and Klebold were seeking “fame” and they wanted their attack to go down infamously as the worst massacre in the history of the United States. The two also wanted to create a nightmare that would put fear into people when they thought about

Our sense of character is dependent upon the experiences we encounter. Texts usually utilise distinctively visual devices to convey distinctive experiences and influence our sense of understanding of people and events surrounding us. These include the conflict between chance and determinism highlighting ones lack of control. Extract like Run Lola Run directed by Tom Tykwer, conveys the ongoing struggle of the late 20th century. You all have your distinctively visual differences and similarities, which make up your personalities and I'm here to prove that we all make different choices that eventually alter our destiny.

We do this by learning about the perpetrators and the events within their lives that lead to such extreme acts of violence. It is important to note that initial reports of targets and causation “never happened…[additional] information—including several books that analyze the tragedy through diaries, e-mails, appointment books, videotape, police affidavits and interviews with witnesses, friends and survivors—indicate that much of what the public has been told about the shootings is wrong” (Toppo). After the shootings, Harris and Klebold were believed to be a part of a “trench coat mafia” or “Goth.” Both were no doubt troubled, not in the way the media initially reported—Harris is now described as a psychopath with a narcissistic personality; a very intelligent individual with disdain for authority, “he’d tell [authority figures] what [they] wanted to hear” then write about his desire “to kill thousands” or “[mixing] napalm in the kitchen” (Toppo). While Harris doodled swastikas and praised Hitler for his “heighten” natural selection, Klebold doodled hearts and noted that he “had the most miserable existence in the history of time.” On the surface, Klebold was a promising individual who spoke often of going to college; his mind, however, was a battleground of its own—he was suicidal, a much too common issue facing adolescents and young adults. The combination of Harris’ heightened superiority and Kelbold’s

Dylan Bennet Klebold was 17 years of age at the time of the shooting while Eric David Harris was 18 years of age. For one year, Klebold and Harris were planning out their attack. They wanted this attack to kill the entire school. Both boys despised Columbine High School. They didn’t understand why the “jocks” received more

all the way up until prom night and Eric had different friends come and go as he still stayed close

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were believed to be the gunmen. They were both very intelligent students and came from good homes. They both had two parents and had brothers. Growing up in elementary school, Klebold and Harris were involved in sports like baseball and soccer. When

A possible theme of this novel deals with media. Dave Cullen wrote this book to right all of the

Humiliation was nothing new to Columbine. Rarely did the administration take the problem seriously. “Columbine High School was a hostile and frightening place even if you were one of the most popular kids, and Dylan and his friends were not.” (188). It is important to try to be aware of the person’s influences and values to best aid them, especially in a mental health crisis.