Nikolas Cruz

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Nikolas Cruz age nineteen, walked into Stoneman Douglas high school at 2:06 pm eastern time with an AR-15 with only one intention, to kill. Bloodthirsty, in a span of 7 minutes he murdered seventeen people, lost the innocence of his own life, and took many others. Madame defarge a young women living through the time of the french revolution had such hate and bloodthirst for any aristocrat around her, she caused the deaths many people whether it was slitting their throats or sending them to the guillotine. Citizens, and Politicians in within the united states and france all have feelings of disgust and hatred with the acts of violence carried out by these two people, however they do nothing to change and prevent acts of violence like the Stoneman …show more content…

In order to impede mass acts of violence one must look at the root cause and fix what caused the person to commit such acts of violence, and create change
All incidents that occur within the world have something in common; everyone has a cause for occurrence. Nikolas Cruz has a life of quite lengthy problems, Stretching from mental health issues to the loss of his parents and step parents. He began his life with his biological parents giving him away for adoption. His step mom immediately adopted him in which his life was primarily normal within the first few years. However, at the age of three he was diagnosed with developmental issues in which he began his long journey of leading up to the killing of 17 innocent people. At the age of six Nikolas witnessed his first trauma in which he watched his father die. Traumatic experiences, especially at a young age are proven to shape our view of the world and change perceptions. Soon after Nikolas started his long winded journey of mental health issues, he was diagnosed with depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional behavioral disability and autism, which ultimately led trouble throughout his schooling years. Nikolas had a support system with his mother, however his

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