Reading Pages 104-129

In this reading Cullen went into the personal lives of Eric and Dylan. Cullen also went into the evidence factor which I thought was really interesting. Cullen said that no one will be allowed in the school for months, and now the students from Columbine High School have to share a school with their rivals.
Something I thought was really interesting was how much detail Cullen used when he was referring back to Eric's childhood. Eric's dad was in the military so growing up Eric was naturally around weapons, fighting and violence. What a child does and sees when he's younger truly effects his older life. I thought this was really interesting because growing up with weapons you'd think he'd know the limits and rights and wrongs of violence. Cullen was saying that Eric's dad was strict and established punishments when Eric did something wrong. I'm wondering if when Eric was growing up, his father ever talked to him about the wrongs of violence. If he did, then why'd Eric do this? If he didn't, how much do think his father regrets not doing that now that Eric's dead and the shooting has occurred...

Reading Pages 75-104

I have two questions to ask. How did it take so long for the police to figure out that Eric and Dylan were dead? As well as why would Robyn buy Eric and Dylan guns anyways? If the police had found out hours earlier before they actually did then they could have saved some of the parents worrying. Once they found out, more people were exited and then the parents found out. Having the parents worrying consists of them asking the police and distracting them. If they knew that Eric and Dylan weren't alive anymore then they could have rushed in there, get everyone out, and save some of the horror they went through. I found it terribly planned on the police that it took them that long. Further more, why would Robyn buy Eric and Dylan guns? What good does that do you? Guns do harm, and if you didn't know what they were exactly doing with the guns, then why get them? If I were Robyn, I would probably confess just because of what she contributed to. I don't want to make it sound like it was her fault. It most certainly wasn't. Eric and Dylan probably could have found guns from another source but what Robyn did was extremely wrong. What would you do if you were Robyn? If you were a parent and found out that the police were hours late on finding out the killers were dead, how would you respond?

Reading Pages 50-75

This night's reading was really interesting not only because it went into depth on the mass murdering but also because it also gave a little bit of the background of Dylan and Eric's friends as well as their family. The shooting was still occurring when I started to read again and it just seemed to get worse and worse. Something I thought was really interesting was how it said Eric had fired around 47-48 bullets and Dylan had only fired a few. Who's in charge? Who really wanted to do this? Do you think Eric knew that Dylan was going to do this? When Dylans friend called his house, his father said that he wasn't against weapons and that Dylan was too. Why didn't Dylan say anything to Eric? Or did Eric just convince Dylan into doing it. Belief seemed to play an important role in tonights reading. With Cassie and Chris missing throughout the shooting, Misty and Brad, their parents started to beg that they live (who wouldn't?). Knowing that Dylans dad thought that he was against weapons is huge because it shows that maybe Eric pressured Dylan.

Reading Pages 1-50

So this is completely different from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...So the book starts off explaining basically the life of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Cullen explains how Eric was the popular one and was liked by girls but caused trouble. However, Eric was smart, not as smart as Dylan though. Dylan on the other hand wasn't so good looking and wasn't so liked by others. Something big happened at the beginning of the book and that is that Dylan was going to prom with someone already but Eric wasn't. I don't know if knowing Dylan going to prom with someone before him, Eric, was so annoying but it seemed to annoy him. After 25 pages, Cullen starts to talk about what happened at the high school and how to two planned the crime. It started to get really disturbing how Eric and Dylan created journals, blogs, and videos about their plans to kill people. It's insane how they wanted to kill more people than McVie, someone who committed a mass murder? What do you think their motive was? They both seemed to be in a good position for the future...