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No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine Recommended for: When we hear the word “Columbine”, we usually think of the Columbine school shooting from April 1999. And we usually think of the school shooting being caused only by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the school shooters. But it’s not that simple. Literally thousands of studies have shown that situations matters. The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the more dramatic examples that show situations matter. You have to take the context into consideration when looking at human behaviour. But that takes effort, and we like simple, easy answers. Brooks Brown knew both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Brooks met Dylan on the first day of first grade; they became friends. Brooks describes how the bullying that Dylan suffered at school affected him — starting with his second grade school teacher. He describes the downward spiral that accelerated when Dylan met Eric Harris, a seriously troubled youth, in high school. Dylan Klebold was a bullied bully. Eric Harris, on the other hand, was a bully who had serious psychological problems. The combination, as we all know, was deadly. Brooks describes how the system turned against him, merely because he knew Eric and Dylan and wasn’t giving the authorities the easy answers they seemed to be looking for. If you want simple solutions, this book doesn’t have any. If you want some real insights into bullying and into what it’s like to be an alienated teenager in today’s world, you really need to read this book. About the author: Published by Lantern Books, New York in 2002. Review by Anne E. McTavish |
