Columbine High School massacre Essays

  • The Columbine High School Massacre

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    People have to suffer many difference social pressures so they need a way to relax the pressures. Watching violent films, images and playing violent games is a quick and easy way to relax their pressures; for this reason, there are more and more people like to see violent things from media, and as long as there is a demand for this violent information, the financial incentive for media companies will be there. In general, media violence can affects people in three different ways. The first one is

  • The Columbine High School Massacre

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    The Columbine High School Massacre happened on April 20, 1999. The Shooters were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two senior students who wanted to destroy the world they lived in. Their motives: NATURAL SELECTION. KILL all retards, people w/ brain fuck ups, drug adics, people cant figure out to use a fucking lighter. GEEEAWD! people spend millions of dollars on saving the lives of retards, and why. I don't buy that shit like "oh hes my son though!" so the fuck what, he aint normal, kill him, put

  • Columbine High School Massacre

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    Littleton, Colorado was in disbelief to find out that their very own school, Columbine High School, had the attention of all United States. Two high school students, Eric Harris (senior) and Dylan Klebold (junior) came to school and killed 13 of their classmates, then committed suicide directly afterward. The massacre that occurred at Columbine High School provoked the United States thoughts on what teens should be exposed to, safety in schools, and gun control. The cynical act that took place by Harris

  • Columbine High School Massacre Essay

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    the morning of April 20, 1999, Eric Davis Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold went into the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and went on a rampage killing spree leaving 12 students and 1 teacher dead and over 20 people injured before killing themselves. This crime is known as one of the most deadliest school massacres in the United States history (Pittaro). On the day of the Columbine High School Massacre, previously to the attack both Erick D. Harris and Dylan B. Klebold placed a decoy bomb

  • Abortion and the Columbine High School Massacre

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    Abortion and the Columbine High School Massacre I am sure all of us have been affected in some way by the horrific tragedy that occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado (April 1999). Certainly, our entire country grieves at the death of the many High School teens and faculty who were victims of meaningless violence. Sadly, the bullets of two Columbine students took the lives of thirteen people away. "This tragedy is an outrage", cries the public! . . . "These teens were innocent

  • Collumbine High School Shooting: The Columbine High School Massacre

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    The Columbine High School Massacre took place April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. The shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a forty-five minute massacre killing fifteen individuals (including themselves) and injuring twenty-one. Eric Harris (age 18) and Dylan Klebold (age 17) met in while attending Ken Caryl Middle School in 1993. Dylan Klebold, the son of Thomas and Susan Klebold, was born September 11, 1983 in Lakewood Colorado. He was considered to be highly

  • The Library Massacre At Columbine High School

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    April 20th, 1999. 11:19 a.m. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School dressed in trench coats throw, the first pipe bomb and begin shooting. Within 3 minutes 9 people had been injured or killed in the school. Police responded by 11:22 but the duo continued to throw pipe bombs and shoot people. Between 11:29 and 11:36 what is known as the Library Massacre occurs. At 11:29 the shooters entered the library where 52 students, 2 teachers and 2 Librarians had concealed themselves under

  • Columbine High School Massacre: The Zero Tolerance Policy

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    Klebold entered Columbine High School and went on a shooting spree. They killed 15 people and wounded over 20 people, including themselves. The massacre sparked debates about gun control laws, bullying, violent video games, and the internet. It is the deadliest high school shooting in US History. This shooting has become infamous and has led to aspiring school shooters to idolize the two boys and try to commit copycat crimes. The shooting had changed how people approach bullying in schools. It was the

  • Dylan Klebold: The Columbine High School Massacre

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    On April 20,1999, the small community of Littleton, Colorado was shaken to its core. It was a normal day that day, but today, we now know and call it “The columbine High School massacre”. 15 students, including the shooters Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris died, while 24 others were injured. The biggest question is why did Dylan and Eric do it? What caused them to mentally want to take others lives? Where was the signs? Dylan Klebold was a 17 years old depressive. He didn’t seem he wanted to kill as

  • Essay on 'Documentary Bowling for Columbine' by Michel Moore

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    issues have been highly debatable over the past fourteen years since the massacre on Columbine High School occurs on April 20, 1999. As gun ownership is closely related to availability of firearms, the people who are against this civil duty of bearing arms to defend themselves and theirs are terrified of being shot, so the fear has spread over the country. Another relevant aspect is the discrimination of students from Columbine School since the existing paranoia. Students are taken to court to declare

  • Bowling For Columbine Gun Violence

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    The documentary, Bowling for Columbine, is a strongly deceptive film which portrays America as a cruel, violent country. Although considered as an Academy Award Winning documentary, Bowling for Columbine fictionally depicts “gun violence” in the U.S; in reality gun violence is prevalent world wide. Guns are used for a multitude of reasons, not only violence towards others; It is ultimately the result of one’s personal actions and decisions. Regardless of the weapon, the person who uses it is responsible

  • Bowling For Columbine

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    The film Bowling for Columbine is an American Documentary, written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. In the film Moore is searching about what he believes are the main causes of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre as well as what caused other violent crimes, acts and massacres. He focused on the background, history and environment of Columbine and the surrounding areas as well as all the violence, shootings and terrorism that has happened in all of the United States. Lastly he spoke

  • Sandy Hook School Shooting Essay

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    Together, the Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook school shootings resulted in seventy-seven deaths. Gun related school violence continues to occur and has become more frequent in the recent years. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed one teacher and twelve students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20th, 1999. In the shooting, they injured twenty other students before they turned their guns on themselves. Columbine, one of the first school shootings, caused a progression

  • School Safety and the Tragedy at Columbine High School

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    most of the country, I knew about Columbine High School on April 19, 1999. I knew that the Columbine Rebels had a good football team, I remembered how they beat Cherry Creek for the 1999 football championship. I knew what Columbine's building was like from when I was inside it in January for a debate tournament. I had friends that went to CHS. We had gone on a trip to Hawaii together to learn about biology. The rest of the country found out about Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. They didn't

  • Bowling For Columbine Documentary Techniques

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    In the documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine’ directed by Michael Moore, we get the sense that we are being taken on a journey through the in depth insight we are given into the reasons behind America being such a ‘gun loving’ country. Bowling for Columbine is titled in remembrance of the Columbine High School massacre, where students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold gunned down thirteen people in 1999 before committing suicide. The documentary explores a variety of factors that may have lead to and encouraged

  • What Is Bowling For Columbine Documentary Techniques

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    In the documentary “Bowling for Columbine” directed by Michael Moore there are two scenes that share the same idea of questioning the laws they have in the U.S.A. The first documentary that captivated my attention was the Columbine High School massacre, where Michael Moore examines the culture of guns and violence in America. He used archival footage, camera techniques and sound to give authenticity and strength to the disturbing event. Michael Moore uses specific techniques enabling the audience

  • The Columbine High School Shooting

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    Attended Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado, Why would two middle class Seemingly comfortable boys plan and Successfully carry out a deadly massacre on their fellow students and teachers. An In-depth look into their lives leading up to the tragic shootings on April, 20th 1999 that claimed the lives of 12 students, one teacher and themselves who committed suicide. Bullied Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were both High School Seniors in their last full month at Columbine High School. They had

  • Causes Of Gun Violence Essay

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    In Columbine High School there were two students who wanted to commit suicide "Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had plotted the massacre for a year as retaliation for what they saw as bullying and harassment from classmates " ( Moore Bowling for Columbine Movie ). Erric Harris and Dyln Kleblod had been depreesed due to their classmates bad treatement so they decided to commit suicide

  • The Columbine Influence: How a School Shooting Affected a Nation

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    The Columbine massacre was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. On April 20, 1999, high school seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students, one teacher, and themselves. Twenty-five students were also injured, some very critically. While there had been many school shootings in America prior to this, the young age of the shooters, the number of victims, and the randomness of the people they killed shocked the nation. It has been 14 years since this tragedy and

  • 188 Shots, 2 Assassins, and a Lasting Impact on American History

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    must make for their child is where he or she will attend school. School is meant to be a safe haven, a place in which a child is encouraged to grow and prosper. Tragedy strikes, however, when that safe place is twisted and morphed into a place of fear and anguish. This was the shocking reality for parents of high school students in Columbine, Colorado. Two shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Columbine High School seniors, entered the school and opened fire, killing thirteen, injuring twenty-four