Dialectical Journal Of Columbine

believe a possible theme would be to always be prepared. Throughout the book, we can see

that Columbine was completely unprepared. They did not have a set plan of what to do so

students and teachers were running around panicking. This is one of the reasons that there

were so many casualties. The author often says that Columbine was not prepared for this.

b.) Eric Harris was about the average height and skinny. He had a clean cut, short military hair style.

His face was pointed and long. Eric’s mental state would best be described as insane. He

suffered from depression and was fascinated by Nazi terrorism. Doctors have concluded that

Eric was mentally ill.

c.) To me, this was difficult to read at some points. For example, in some parts it was extremely

d.) I do not think this book glorifies Eric and Dylan. It may seem that it is by detailing all the work

they put into it, but the author does that to portray how dedicated they were to doing

something so awful. The author does a great job of portraying the awfulness and brutality of the

shootings. All the chapters following the shootings really show how it drastically affected the

students of Columbine and so many others. These chapters will hopefully cause anyone who is

contemplating this idea of mass murder to think twice about it.

e.) I do think the author does an effective job of characterizing them as typical teenagers. Had I not

seen the video before I read the book, I would assume that they were normal teenagers. I think

this makes it very confusing to why they committed this awful crime. At the beginning of the

book, the author describes Eric as a ladies man who could get any lady he pursued, and Dylan

got a date to prom with his crush. The reader could ultimately assume that they were normal

teenagers that didn’t have any serious problems. That is why it’s so confusing to why they did

what they