Dylan Klebold In Columbine By Dave Cullen

What makes a person “tick?” To clarify the word “tick,” it means what makes people do the things they do. What does a person live for? An even better question: what do people kill for? Dylan Klebold was a person, just like anyone else. He was turned into a monster in a span of forty-nine minutes of killing (pg. 83). People now fear the name Dylan Klebold. Was he really a monster? Why did he kill his peers? These questions are answered in what made him “tick.” Dave Cullen shows people a different side of Dylan in his book “Columbine.” Because Cullen portrays Dylan through actions, diaries, and others opinions, it helps people better understand what Dylan did on that tragic day. People hear the saying “actions speak louder than words” all that time. Dylan’s actions spoke volumes to Dave Cullen. Cullen informs that Dylan looked up to Eric. He says, “[Dylan] tried so hard to emulate Eric—on some of their videos, he puffed up and acted like the tough guy, then glanced at Eric for approval” (pg. 7). The way Dylan

In the book, it says, “Dylan Klebold was meek, self-conscious, and shy” (pg. 7) This is presented at the beginning of the book as crucial information. People don’t imagine Dylan as someone with feelings; they imagine him as a monster. Cullen writes about how Nate Dykeman, a friend of the boys, felt during the shooting. He writes, “Dylan would break his heart. They had been tight for years” (pg. 63). Dylan was loved. He didn’t know that before he died. If he had known, would it have turned out differently? Cullen writes about Sue and Tom’s (Dylan’s parents) felt after the shooting. He writes, “[They] told friends they felt hit by a hurricane. Hurricanes don’t hit the Rockies. They’d never seen it coming.” This shows that Dylan didn’t show any signs of depression or the urge to kill. The opinions of others show us who Dylan was as a person before the