The Columbine High School Tragedy: A Comprehensive Review of Dave Cullen's "Columbine"
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- Eric Harris: A clinical psychopath. Cullen portrays Harris as a charismatic, intelligent, and coldly calculating predator. He wasn't seeking revenge for bullying; he was indulging in a grand delusion of superiority, planning an act of terrorism and mass murder for the sheer thrill of domination. The book details his meticulous planning and his ability to mask his true nature from adults.
- Dylan Klebold: A suicidal depressive. Unlike Harris, Klebold was driven by self-loathing and a desperate, romanticized longing for death. He was angry, but his anger turned inward. He followed Harris not out of shared ideology, but out of a desire to end his own pain, which he planned to do during the attack.
Character Analysis: Psychopathy and Depression
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