Eric Powell

Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in December of 2012, there have been 998 bloody mass shootings in the United States (Gray). The imperfections of our society lead mankind to act out. When man is given the choice to behave the way they feel is right, evil will often consume them. Humans are readily becoming savages at the first chance they are given. We are able to see this happening frequently on the news. Man is undoubtedly flawed and highly influenced by society and it’s plentiful beliefs

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 to plan out, and to kill 13 people, and themselves, on the morning of April 20th, 1999. Eric Harris was born on April

So that day on we just keep like ten people back to watch the machine and food and places like the food supply and beds . Then like a month later we got the machine built it made like a force field around the place where we want it . But the hard part is that we have to get out and place these blue torch things . So we start going out so we can get the force field down and place the blue torches down and we got to fight through the zombies and then when we get up there there is like a hundred

why? What could cause Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, eighteen and seventeen respectively, to go off the deep end and commit one of the worst mass shootings in history? Both seniors had less than two months left in their high school career, why would they choose to commit this crime instead of graduating, moving on with their lives, and leaving their classmates to do the same? Although there were two clear killers at Columbine what many people don’t know is the theory that Eric Harris was the true mastermind

On April 20th, 1999 at Columbine High School, Colorado, Two students: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebald stormed the school grounds with two semi-automatic rifles and home made explosives, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as injuring 21 others. The pair then committed suicide. This event was the inspiration for Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling For Columbine. In this film he tackles the issue of gun control in America and why they are so different to other countries around the world. Bowling

they had walked the halls with for four years. As the stories of Dylan, Eric, and the victims of this tragic day came to light, many falsehoods also arose. Unfortunately, the myths and truths about Columbine still linger with us today. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left a lasting impression on the world; but left behind the truth as to why they really did it. This leaves us to wonder what really happened on that fateful day. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold changed the way schools handle threat precautions

(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. 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

The Incident Tuesday, April 20th, 1999, at 11:10, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, drove to Columbine High School, and parked in front of the school’s cafeteria. As they got out of their cars, Klebold walked over to Harris’s truck and the two grabbed two 20 pound propane bombs from his car. They both walked over and entered the school and planted the two bombs inside of the cafeteria. Klebold and Harris walked back to their cars and waited for the bombs to detonate (CNN, Updated 2018). As Harris is

terrorism. Many people believe that the boys did it due to lack of attention, while others believe the boys did it because they played violent video games. These two boys go by the names of Dylan Klebold, and Eric Harris. 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

On April 20, 1999, the unimaginable occurred at Columbine High School in the small town of Littleton, Colorado. A school shooting, perpetrated by, then senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold took the entire community by storm. With 15 deaths, including the perpetrators, and 24 non-fatal injuries, the memories of this horrific massacre will forever resonate in minds of all. With a meticulously, thought out plan, the two shooters prepared guns and bombs before performing the sickening act.