Columbine Massacre “In a country that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy‚ the latter presents itself more achievable” - Lionel Shriver. “April 20‚ 1999 - At approximately 11:19 am‚ two students‚ Dylan Klebold‚ 17‚ and Eric Harris‚ 18‚ carrying guns and bombs‚ open fire inside Columbine High School‚ killing 13 and wounding 23 others before killing themselves‚” (CNN). Due to the lack of mental health understanding‚ parental neglect‚ and lack of gun regulation in 1999‚ Dylan Klebold and
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Columbine High School‚ is home to students who dare to reach the beyond and succeed. However‚ behind the walls of Columbine High School something far more alarming was occurring. Two students caused Columbine High School to become known for something that was way beyond the understanding of Americans across the Nation. Columbine High School would be the home of the worst high school shooting in U.S history. The “Columbine Massacre” could have been restrained if the students‚ parents and school
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Columbine by Dave Cullen (pages 1-100) I. Summary Columbine High School (CHS) is a suburban public school located in Jefferson County‚ Colorado. Frank DeAngelis‚ a middle aged man who had previously coached football and baseball for sixteen years at Columbine‚ was the principal of the close-knit high school. He was loved by his students and admired by his staff for his ability to address his students as mature adults. The student body looked up to him and appreciated his truthfulness and
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Ours is better.” On April 20th‚ 1990 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire onto their high school‚ columbine. Twenty four people were wounded‚ one teacher was killed trying to protect kids in the library. Thirteen students were killed throughout the lunchroom and library. And 24 other students and teachers were wounded. Eric and Dylan both committed suicide after the mass shooting. Columbine was considered one of the first mass school shooting in the United States. There plan was to go to school
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Full-Blown Psychopath The book “Columbine” consists of two teenage boys who murdered twelve and injured twenty-four of their classmates on April 20‚ 1999. Eric Harris‚ who was the mastermind behind the massacre‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ who contributed only because he was searching for a way to end his life‚ had been planning to place bombs in the school and shoot anyone who survived for almost over a year and a half. Before Eric and Dylan entered Columbine on April 20‚ Eric and Dylan had been arrested
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Elephant Elephant is a film that lets us experience a day in the lives of a group of teenagers in high school. The director‚ Gus Van Sant‚ bases his film on a high school massacre‚ Columbine that occurred in April 20‚ 1999. The film follows each character throughout the film and shows us their daily routines. Alex and Eric are two students who are seen as the victims of bullying‚ and rebel by plotting an attack on the school‚ causing a large amount of violence. Van Sant simply takes us on a journey
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perfection‚ people must be obsessed with what they do‚ make every single detail in something perfect‚ and make everything they do be right on the money. One way for someone to reach perfection‚ is to be obsessed with what they do. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever‚” the author Michael J. Mooney notes‚ “Bill Fongs run at perfection started as most of his nights do‚ with practice at around 5:30 pm. He bowls in four active leagues and he
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covers legs‚ stomachs‚ and backs. That is what elephants experience almost daily in circuses and zoos. In the wild‚ elephants can walk up to thirty miles a day. In circuses‚ elephants spend almost twenty-three hours every day chained up. Many elephants experience great hardships. One cannot imagine being taken away from their mother at a tender‚ young age. However‚ almost all infantile elephants are torn away from their mother around eight months old. Elephants have been a primary target for abuse‚ but
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“Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is not liked by the Burmese people because he is the representation of their oppressors‚ the British. He gets his chance to be the hero when an elephant gets loose and causes destruction and the people need him to kill the beast. What would have happened if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why Orwell feel so awful about killing the elephant? Orwell decides to kill the elephant‚ but does he do it for the right reason? In Orwell’s essay
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the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ it gives away many symbols and a very important life lesson. The essay has many symbols‚ but three stick out like a sore thumb. These include the gun‚ the Burmese people‚ and the elephant. A main symbol that is easily noticed is the gun he uses. A small powerful rifle against a huge elephant. Orwell even noted “an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” (324). The gun isn’t mad to kill a giant beast like this elephant. It was all he had for
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