In this research essay I will examine the many influences and environmental forces that may have contributed to the planning and execution of this mass murder and suicide. We will look at where and why Eric and Dylan’s friendship began. We will also examine the various theories reported by the media as to why Eric and Dylan, individually, would kill 13 people and wound over twenty others. Individuals have many different theories as to why the boys committed this crime: Was it revenge, suicide, fame, anger, or maybe depression?

Also, I would like to examine these events from the killers’ point of view instead of the victims. It seems to me that everyone wants to believe the boys were just sick and twisted. I believe differently. I will be arguing in this essay that Eric and Dylan were not just hateful people from the beginning.

Parents of teens in Littleton seemed to be troubled by Eric Harris and thought he was nothing less than extremely violent. People weren’t too worried though, because they thought Dylan could tame Eric. Although Dylan was also exhibiting signs of distress as was evident in the messages he wrote in fellow students yearbook, Dylan was perceived as a nice kid. Dylan seemed so full of heart. He enjoyed spending time with his dad and didn’t mind when a classmate bumped into his BMW with her car.

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were like soul mates, each was the other’s backbone during the most deadly school shooting in history. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold met sometime in junior high school, exactly when is unknown. In junior high school, Dylan was a little awkward but loved sports. Dylan was the bright kid who impressed everyone with his intelligence. Eric was sort of a dork who always tried to fit in. The one thing for sure that Dylan and Eric both had in common during their junior high schools years was that they both enjoyed the game of baseball. This interest in baseball may have been the catalyst for their friendship.

Also during their high school years, Eric and Dylan worked at a pizzeria for minimum wage. To their co-workers, Eric was a fun guy who was very social at work, Dylan on the other hand was very quiet and never really fit in with the playful group. After Dylan brought a pipe bomb to work and got written up, he quit. Eric did not. Eric was close with his co-workers and they never understood why he didn’t fit in, they figured it was because of his clothes. They didn’t care how he dressed, they liked him anyway. Eric hung out with them a few times but mostly he thought he wouldn’t fit in. Eric got a second job with a friend to save extra money for a new computer, his boss there loved him.

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