Eric Harris Suicide
On April 20, 1999, a depressed teen and a psychopath decided to go on a killing spree at Columbine High School. The depressed teen, Dylan Klebold, and the psychopath, Eric Harris, had been planning every detail of the massacre for almost a year. Their goal was to kill as many people as possible. Eric and Dylan injured twenty-four people and killed eight male students, four female students, and one male teacher. Then they committed suicide in the school library. Many people want to know why the two teens would do such terrible things. Some people thought they would never know why, but Eric and Dylan left behind a lot of evidence. The evidence shows that Eric was a psychopath that wanted to kill others. Evidence also shows that Dylan was a depressed
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The goal for Eric was to become a Marine. A Marine recruiter had been messaging Eric about joining, but Eric found out that the medicine he was taking wouldn’t allow him to become a Marine. “I would have been a great Marine. It would have given me a reason to be good.” (Harris 267). Eric no longer had a reason to be good because his dream had been crushed. Eric told his psychiatrist that the medicine was not working for him. The psychiatrist took Eric off his medicine causing Eric to have more rage. To hide his rage, he would write down his feelings in his personal journal and on his website. “I have a goal to destroy as much as possible, so I must not be sidetracked by my feelings of sympathy, mercy, or any of that.” (Harris 269). Eric was not going to let his emotions get in his way. His new goal was to make his killings better than the wars and the riots that had happened before. Eric wanted people to fear their daily lives. “I am the law. If you don’t like it, you die.” (Harris) Eric thought that he was above the law. He enjoyed killing because it made him feel superior. Most people would feel terrible about killing another person, but Eric was not like most people. A psychiatrist described Eric as a “full-blown psychopath.” (Hare 247) Being a psychopath caused Eric to go on his killing spree, but he couldn’t have done it alone. Every psychopath needs an assistant to make them feel superior. Dylan was Eric’s
The goal for Eric was to become a Marine. A Marine recruiter had been messaging Eric about joining, but Eric found out that the medicine he was taking wouldn’t allow him to become a Marine. “I would have been a great Marine. It would have given me a reason to be good.” (Harris 267). Eric no longer had a reason to be good because his dream had been crushed. Eric told his psychiatrist that the medicine was not working for him. The psychiatrist took Eric off his medicine causing Eric to have more rage. To hide his rage, he would write down his feelings in his personal journal and on his website. “I have a goal to destroy as much as possible, so I must not be sidetracked by my feelings of sympathy, mercy, or any of that.” (Harris 269). Eric was not going to let his emotions get in his way. His new goal was to make his killings better than the wars and the riots that had happened before. Eric wanted people to fear their daily lives. “I am the law. If you don’t like it, you die.” (Harris) Eric thought that he was above the law. He enjoyed killing because it made him feel superior. Most people would feel terrible about killing another person, but Eric was not like most people. A psychiatrist described Eric as a “full-blown psychopath.” (Hare 247) Being a psychopath caused Eric to go on his killing spree, but he couldn’t have done it alone. Every psychopath needs an assistant to make them feel superior. Dylan was Eric’s