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    The Columbine Tragedy

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    The Columbine Tragedy The student sat at her desk on Monday morning in English class, discussing the details of the weekend with her best friend. The bell rang at 8:45 a.m. and her teacher started taking attendance. It was a new week with so many things to accomplish. The teacher finished the morning details by completing lunch count. She then asked her pupils to quit visiting, and to open their literature books and begin reading. All of a sudden a sound rings through the hall, but it is not

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    out of the two Columbine shooters, shared the aftermath of the Columbine High School shooting. On the day of April 20, 1999 in Columbine, Colorado, 12th graders Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into Columbine High School with guns and homemade bombs and killed 13 people, wounded 24, and later, turned the guns on themselves. Sue Klebold is now a suicide prevention activist and has also written a book, A Mother’s Reckoning, where she talks of the events before and after the Columbine shooting. In

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    On April 20, 1999 Columbine school would face a devastating attack. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold commit a school shooting that changes the lives of Columbine students and staff. Two best friends that make a deadly combination. They show up to the school with a plan to kill as many people as possible. The psychological state of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold played a part in the events that follow. Eric had a primarily aggressive or sadistic personality. He was secondary antisocial, narcissistic

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    One of the nation’s most fatal shootings. The Columbine Massacre “ranked as one of the worst mass shootings in U.S history as well as one of the deadliest episodes of school violence (Library, par. 6).” Twelve students and one teacher were killed, and twenty-three others were incapacitated. It still remains a mystery as to why Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris went on a murderous rampage on that despicable day but the truth remains. The Columbine Massacre was and still is a day many will never forget

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    Columbine Shooting Thesis

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    April 20, 1999, is a day of remembrance for many people. The Columbine massacre had an effect not only on the Littleton, Colorado community but also on the entire country. In the book Columbine by Dave Cullen, the author tells the story of the tragedy that started with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The book begins with an introduction into both Eric and Dylan's thoughts, actions, and reasoning behind their plan to attack their high school. Throughout the book the author points out how the media gave

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    The beginning of the nonfiction, Columbine by Dave Cullen, takes place four days before the Columbine massacre at Columbine High School’s assembly in Littleton, Colorado, just before the weekend of Prom. Ironically, Principal DeAngelis, the one who had hosted the school assembly, provides a lecture of everyone coming back alive and safe after prom. Soon after, on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold arrived at Columbine High School with two bombs based on portable propane bottles, decoy

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    in Jefferson County, Colorado, for the students attending Columbine High School. Students were piling into the school, chatting with their friends, waiting for their classes to start. Nobody expected what would happen next. At approximately 11:19 AM, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, students of Columbine High School, began to open fire at students, teachers, and finally took the lives of themselves around 12:00 PM. The shooters of Columbine, Eric Harris, and Dylan Klebold’s, mental states led them

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    Columbine Shooting Theory

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    The Columbine Massacre that occurred on April 20th, 1999 is one of the biggest shocks to hit the United States at that time. It was centered around two lonely and depressed high school boys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who had a highly-detailed plan on attending school with explosives and firearms. The perpetrators murdered 12 students and a teacher during the attack along with injuring 21 additional people. The first victim who had their life taken was 17-year-old Rachel Scott who took shots

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    Columbine Essay

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    Columbine The tragedy at Columbine High School is something that will be remembered and talked about for many years to come. People from across the nation have all heard about this event. But there are still a couple questions that people have. For instance who’s to blame? The kids alone, the parents for how they brought the children up, or even actually the students at Columbine? Most say that the parents are to blame, but who actually knows? In my opinion the only two people that can actually

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    “BOOM” glass goes flying in the parking lot in every direction, at 11:19 AM the first bomb is detonated and is also heard within the halls of Columbine. The adrenaline in Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris's vein begins but so does the nightmare. It's April 20, 1999 an ordinary Tuesday morning at columbine high school. In about two weeks approximately 300 seniors will be graduating and perhaps attending college. For many students this means that they will be moving to a different chapter in their lives

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