The tragedy that occurred at Columbine High School was a unique event in my life. It was 1999. I was finishing up my sophomore year at high school and had just turned sixteen. Like few other events of this proportion which have taken place in my lifetime, I could easily stand in the shoes of the victims. The world of Columbine High School, in suburban Denver, was not much different from Liberty High School, in suburban Kansas City, where I attended. We had jocks, and goths, and nerds, and cliques, and fights, and insults just the same. Over the my final two years as a high school student, the fallout of this event would drastically impact the daily flow and security of my school.Dave Cullen spent the last ten years scouring police reports, interviews, diaries, and videos of the assailants and their victims. Columbine is a meticulously crafted narrative of both the massacre and events leading up to the fateful day. Though the majority of us remember this as retaliation against insensitive jocks and popular kids, Cullen pursues this story beyond the easy explanations to uncover the truth behind this confusing tragedy. I can't put this book down. It has consumed my weekend. Check it out.
- Joel
3 comments:
I agree that a few of the characteristics attributed to the boys may be a bit of a stretch. I have still found it to be an interesting read.
let's try it again--
www.whatreallyhappened.comcolumbineeight.php
looks interesting, I'm going to pick it up at my library.
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