In the book Give a boy a gun by Todd Strasser, there are many connections in the book connecting with the real world. One example of this is the Columbine shootings that happened in 1999. The characters from the book experienced the same situations as the people in the shooting. They all were bullied around a lot in school and were teased a lot by the popular kids in school. They all played violent video games and were fascinated with guns which led them into violent behaviors. Also, teachers and people in the school saw them getting bullied but they didn't do anything which made the bullies bully them more and more. After a long time of this constant bulling, they couldn't take it anymore and they started to think of a plan so every one can payback for what they did to them. One quote that was sent from Brendan and Gary email (the two main characters) were, "I will kill every friggin one of them. It's going to be Columbine all over agian but only better. Harris and Klebold did it right. Blow the friggin school, then blow yourself away" (p71).
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