On April 20th, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s viscous rampage transformed the entire world. The two set out on a killing spree at Columbine High School, killing thirteen people and injuring twenty two. Eric and Dylan were two eighteen and seventeen year olds who attended Columbine. Eric Harris was described as the leader of the two assailants whereas Dylan Klebold was the follower. Eric’s psychotic tendencies led to the role Dylan played in the Columbine shooting. Eric was a clever young adolescent who had plenty of charm. (Cullen 8). He had many positive characteristics; however, he had a dark side to him. His personality could change from him being a nice young man to turning into a psychotic individual. Eric would have outbreaks from …show more content…
His careful detail is what makes Eric match someone who is psychotic. He can be put in the same category as a psychopath because of the many things Eric had done or had said. A doctor said after the incident that he recognized the anatomical difference. “Dr.Hare thought. Psychopaths are that different. Eric Harris baffled the public because we could not conceive of a human with his motives” (Cullen 242). Eric wanted mankind dead and no normal person goes about saying they want a thing like that to happen. For someone to go about saying those things you can tell he had something going on in his head. When he also writes about how people should die that tends to be a trait many psychopaths and murderers have. The willingness to want to kill and the willingness to openly write about it. Eric eventually followed through with his writing and killed other humans. Which is what he craved for the longest …show more content…
(Cullen 32). They had greater meaning that most people would think, they are a symbol. They symbolize the endless thought and detail he put in to make his dream a reality. He included everything that he would want and need during the event. This thoughtful detail can go back to him wanting to kill mankind because he would have needed to research and prepare to develop his detailed plan. The planning took many months and needed extreme detail to be what Eric wanted and that is why he carefully pieced together his ultimate