Eric Harris was a teen psychopath that did not have plans for the future except his plans
for the massacre. Dick Hickock was also a psychopath that had a criminal record, which
consisted of writing bad checks and petty theft. The motives, the ways of manipulation, and the
faults in their plans are a few things that make Eric and Dick different.
In Eric’s plan, he did not target anyone specific. He wanted to be known as the person
who caused the Columbine massacre and end as many lives as possible. He wanted everybody
across America to be affected by this tragedy. Eric basically worked harder than ever to earn the
money for the weapons. Throughout the year of their planning, Eric manipulated people into
thinking that he was improving in school and
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When he eventually got
bored of walking the hallways killing anyone in sight, he thought that there would be a big
shootout, where he would commit suicide by cop. Realizing that the police officers were not
really shooting or approaching them in any way, he decided to commit suicide without the help
of the cops.
Dick Hickock did not have an actual motive for the Clutter family murder. Throughout
the planning, Dick never really worked to earn his money. He manipulated a few stores by telling
them inaccurate stories so the purchases he was making would seem believable, then he would
sell the items to a pawn shop. Dick never wanted to discuss the murders. He always wanted to
change the subject. Floyd Wells, his former cellmate, mentioned to Dick that he was a former
employee of the Clutters, and they had a safe on the property, unaware that they never had any
cash on them. When he did not find the safe or any money, Dick resorted to killing the whole
Clutter family. Dick became a little too confident and thought he could get away with murder.
Since the police did not really have anything to connect Dick with the Clutters, he did not