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    are just crazy‚ but after watching the documentary about Brenda Spencer‚ I have concluded that there might be other things that make a girl like Brenda open fire. I can concluded the same thing with the Columbine school shooting‚ where Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire and shot several students and a teacher – after I watched the documentary about the two boys‚ I understand things better. When I compare the two cases of school shootings‚ I can see one thing that is the same – problems with

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    shooting with a significantly high death toll (List of school massacres by death toll‚ n.d.). The two perpetrators of this shooting were Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold. The boys‚ aged 18 and 17 respectively‚ were both senior students in the aforementioned high school. (Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ n.d.) On the morning of April 20‚ Eric and Dylan had planted a decoy bomb in a field near their high school before executing their main agenda. They had intended to distract the fire department

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    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 Eric Harris did not get the mental help they needed. They ended up killing their fellow peers‚ and one teacher

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    This shooting came with a big question‚ why did Dylan and Eric decide to do it? Both of these teenagers were intelligent and lived in solid homes. Eric and Dylan worked together‚ attended the same school‚ both were active in school play productions‚ and were computer assistants at their school . In January of 1998 the two boys broke into a electrical equipment van and stole computers (This day was later called “The January Incident”). Eric and Dylan were charged with breaking and entering‚ mischief

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    The Slave Trade in Africa Eric Williams thesis entitled "Capitalism and slavery" is not a study on the nature of the slave trade‚ but rather a study of the role of slavery in the English economy. In his thesis Williams proposes the idea that capitalism is a result of the Atlantic slave trade. Williams defines capitalism as when someone can use their resources to make a profit without that person actually being present. The Atlantic Slave Trade was then an example of capitalism. English investors

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    real-life violence but on the contrary they can help release stress and anger in non-violent methods. John Leo agrees that most murders are not directly connected to violent games. However‚ he says that some murders are. In particular‚ Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris‚ the students who murdered 13 and wounded 21 more people in Columbine high school massacre‚ enjoyed playing video games such as Doom‚ and they acted out in real life what they have seen on the screen. Well‚ even in this particular case

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    1999‚ two high school boys‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ entered their local high school by storm with shot guns and homemade pipe bombs. Before turning their weapons on themselves‚ Harris and Klebold killed twelve of their fellow classmates‚ one teacher‚ and left twenty-four others injured and wounded. In this novel‚ author Brooks Brown who once befriended the two distressed‚ teenage gunmen‚ goes into detail of his encounter with the shootings and

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    Background: In the small town of Littleton‚ Colorado‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School on Tuesday‚ April 20th‚ 1999 prepared to unleash havoc on the masses of the school. The two students had formulated a plan months before April 20th‚ part of the plan consisted of assembling bombs that were designed to destroy the cafeteria and the library. Furthermore‚ Harris and Klebold both took note of the amount of students that were inside the cafeteria at each time of the day so

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    done by psychopaths‚ there were differences in the details of both shootings‚ the reactions of society‚ and upcoming psychological development. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were responsible for the 13 deaths during the Columbine Shooting on April 20‚ 1999. The main difference between Harris and Klebolds plan and Cho’s attacks were Harris and Klebold left documentation of their plans. They made many blogs on how to make home-made explosives‚ made videos documenting explosives‚ ammunition‚ and weapons

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    Discuss how the two poems ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘’Let Me Die A Youngman’s Death’’ by Roger McGough‚ perceive and deal with death. The two poems ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘’Let Me Die A Youngman’s Death’’ by Roger McGough ostensibly appear different‚ but both share the theme of death. The two poets present this theme in clearly different ways. On one hand‚ ‘’Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’’ is an allusion to the

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