Comparison And Contrast Eric Harris And Dylan Klebold

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Cliques are formed over a similar bonding of interests. From the inside, a clique can bring out a feeling of euphoria and acceptance—from the outside, a clique is a swarm of intimidating beasts. It was reported that both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had “trouble fitting into any of the cliques at their school”. (Rosenberg, 2015, p. 2). Feelings of rejection can stimulate hatred and anger towards a person or group of people. That hatred has the potential to manifest into a physical form of either self-harm or an outward threat, or a psychological form of mental illness. This prolonged form of social bullying (Rosenberg, 2015, p. 2) evolved into thoughts of suicide and social anxiety. At their breaking point, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold concocted

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