Probably the shooting massacre familiar to our generation would be the one in Virginia Tech, but I have heard of Columbine massacre as well. Usually the media portrays the stories of the survivors afterwards, but the families of the shooters do not seem to make their ways into the mainstream. Susan Klebold clearly depicts how hurt she was, still is, and how she is trying to heal herself by helping other suicide survivors.
It seems like Dylan Klebold was a misunderstood soul--even Susan Klebold mentions that everyone around her regretted for not being someone better for Dylan. The aftermath is horrible--this is a massacre that is talked about even up to now. Susan shows the process of coping in a dramatic manner--the sentences sound objective, but the tone is dreadful. She did not want to believe, but she had to, and she broke down. the title really speaks for this whole piece. No one can ever know unless they talk to the shooters, but alas, none of them are alive now.
I cannot help but mention Virginia Tech once more. I received some hate racism (one from my high school classmate and one from some random guy driving by) after the incident just for being a Korean. Susan Klebold seemed to be hated by others, and she definitely hated herself and the world. People tend to blame something else for the fault. This may make one feel better, but it does not remove the root of the problem. It is sad that there are so little things that can be done for such tragedies.
Hae-Lim Lee
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