Wich one: E or D?

Eric. People had to work hard to break down his walls. and I think once you do, god knows what you'd find.

Both boys were equally delusional, mad, mentally disturbed individuals. I would have liked to dig deeper into their minds if I was a psychic.

Me and my friend read up a lot on the 2 students within the past few days. But we're nowhere near close to knowing everything. He tends to study more of Dylan, while I study Eric.

CobainLemmyMorrison wrote:

Me and my friend read up a lot on the 2 students within the past few days. But we're nowhere near close to knowing everything. He tends to study more of Dylan, while I study Eric.

By chance or you guys deliberately chose to study each individual?
Either way, the study of the two boys is a very complex process. Can't exactly be black and white between them, end of the day you'll fix your own perspective of the boys and stick by it. have fun learning though!

I identify A LOT with Dylan. But I feel more intrigued with wanting to understand more about Eric.  As silly as this sounds, I feel like I understand Dylan and his motives....Eric not so much.

I find them both fascinating,but right now Dylan seems to be the more interesting to me. He seems to be able to hide his true feelings so well and doesn't let anyone see and know the real Dylan.He continues as if everything is fine - he went to Arizona with his parents in late March to select his dorm room for the fall and even went to prom Saturday night before the shootings and talked about going to college in the fall and enjoyed the prom with his friends yet 4/20 is only days away. That is chilling.

Eric fascinates me. He had some of the mannerisms I would expect to see in a child from a military family background (not trying to sound pretentious, but commonalities do exist) . On the other hand, he could be so very deceptive.

Dylan, to me, seems to be a fairly straight-forward case of mental illness. Eric isn't as clear cut.

I feel like there are many things about both. A lot more writing has been released from Eric even school writings so there is a lot more to see there.

Dylan's family of course with Sue releasing her book has made me think more about him. Prior to her speaking, I didn't know of things like for example the St Johns Wort. I just think about what was going thru his head...was he trying to medicate himself?

And Eric though, I think it can be harder to understand him at times. And I also feel horrible for him. No one admitted to being his friend after he was gone. Does this mean he truly was a bad person and a bad friend? Or was he misunderstood....

Lizpuff wrote:

I feel like there are many things about both.  A lot more writing has been released from Eric even school writings so there is a lot more to see there.  

Dylan's family of course with Sue releasing her book has made me think more about him.  Prior to her speaking, I didn't know of things like for example the St Johns Wort.  I just think about what was going thru his head...was he trying to medicate himself?  

And Eric though, I think it can be harder to understand him at times.  And I also feel horrible for him.  No one admitted to being his friend after he was gone.  Does this mean he truly was a bad person and a bad friend?  Or was he misunderstood....

I think Eric was misunderstood.I don't think he was the easiest person in the world to be friends with but if he liked you he could be very dedicated and loyal.People also forget that he was just a kid when he died.

Eric and Dylan were both human who made bad choices. Deep down I want to believe that they had a good heart. If someone would be kind enough to walk up to them and say "Hey you guys are awesome you don't have to do this." I don't know if small act of kindness could really change them. But I think that's the best thing anyone can do is to show kindness.

PaintItBlack wrote:

Lizpuff wrote:

I feel like there are many things about both.  A lot more writing has been released from Eric even school writings so there is a lot more to see there.  

Dylan's family of course with Sue releasing her book has made me think more about him.  Prior to her speaking, I didn't know of things like for example the St Johns Wort.  I just think about what was going thru his head...was he trying to medicate himself?  

And Eric though, I think it can be harder to understand him at times.  And I also feel horrible for him.  No one admitted to being his friend after he was gone.  Does this mean he truly was a bad person and a bad friend?  Or was he misunderstood....

I think Eric was misunderstood.I don't think he was the easiest person in the world to be friends with but if he liked you he could be very dedicated and loyal.People also forget that he was just a kid when he died.

Yea I agree. It makes me feel badly for him.