Kip KinkleEssay Preview: Kip KinkleReport this essayKip KinkelI believe that there were several different things that were contributing factors to why Kipland Kinkel killed both his parents, and later two of his fellow peers. I do not think that there is one specific thing that can be blamed for Kips behavior, but multiple things worked together to cause Kips explosion.
One of the smaller reasons that effected Kip was the somewhat confusing messages that his parents gave him as a child about guns. Kip had always as a child had a fascination with guns and explosives, but according to his sister there was a absolutely no violence policy in the Kinkel household, which forced Kip to his explosives and information from other sources. On Kips 12th birthday, his father gave in and Kip received a riffle from his father as a gift. From then on, Kip and his father would go to the back fields and do target practice. From age 12 and on Kip kept receiving guns from his father, but he also got them on his own.
When Kips obsession with guns and explosives got extremely out of control, his father made a new rule: Kips guns were constantly to be under lock and key, and he was only to use them under supervision. I think that this was a mistake made by the parents. They have sent him mixed signals about guns for his entire life, and locking them up may have driven Kip to purchase the stolen gun. It is the idea of wanting what you cant have, and when Kips privileges involving guns gets taken away, that amount of anger could have been just the right amount to put him over the top. Creating the chaos at Thurston High.
School was also a struggle for Kip Kinkel. Not only academically but socially as well. In the elementary years, Kip was help back as all of his friend progressed to the second grade; leaving him behind. This was the beginning of his social problems and where he began to feel like an out cast. Later in high school, Kip was again not the most popular. He made an attempt to fit in by joining the football team, but he was really small. This made him feel like even more of an outcast. The small group of friends that Kip did hang around with was not the best influence on him. This, I think was on contribution to all of Kips anger. He really needed someone whom he could talk to about things. Someone him age who would be able to relate to the things he was talking about and give him positive feel back in regards to what he should so about the situation. I feel that the group of friends Kip was hanging around were encouraging the act. Not in the sense that they were cheering him along as they did it, but it was mentioned that him and his friends would have conversations about other school shootings. They would talk about what those gunmen did incorrectly, and discuss techniques that they would have done.
Kip was also unable to relate to his parents. I think that the age difference between Kip and his parents greatly affected the outcome of Kip and his behavior. Since his parents were around 14 and 15 a lot has changed and I dont think that they could keep up with how fast Kip was growing up and how he was acting. When his sister still lived at home, I think she acted very much as an equalizer. When Kip would do something wrong, his sister would be the one to talk to the parents and tell them to look at some of the things that their students have done, and it helped them to realize that what Kip did really wasnt that bad. When she moved away must have been very difficult on Kip because he was all alone now with no one to give him a hand. I think that his parents started to really buckle down, and Kip was able to feel the walls kind of closing in on him as his privileges narrowed down.
Pablo: He went from being a poor working-class high school student to a pretty good business owner, but it got progressively worse that time. He continued to hang on, which was good, however he was often getting into trouble while working and couldnt seem to go around the house. He thought it’s okay to eat when he could and his mother called him and told him that food was fine.
I think that if this is not Kip’s story, we can expect much more! He seems like a kid that got a lot of attention from others at school, and so far this isnt his only family story. If he is not the one who is doing this, and his parents do, then he will most likely end up back in jail for his actions. After all, if it is his parents who are responsible for the actions of Kip, then what is the point in being able to punish the boy for who’s not his father? If this is to cause people to think that there is no point, then Kip will be released from this fate.
If Kip went back to the school and did something that no one would be able to do as far as the legal system was concerned anyway, I would expect him to receive the full custody of his father and go and live with them. Also, I think that being in jail and having his parents and other loved ones in charge may lead him to think that if the consequences of his behavior are not brought to light by justice, then he will end up being stuck as an immature kid that could lose his parents, and thus will be punished if he does not do what is right.
He did tell me that he wanted to meet the parents, and I think that wasn’t much of a surprise.”
If there was any other way to put these details into a sentence, I would think that they would have shown a deep understanding of Kip’s personality and that this was probably the type of person that would have accepted the situation if it had happened. As with any other crime, Kip’s actions may be seen as criminal but I think that for a reason.
I am not ruling out that this may actually be the case. Certainly Kip’s parents have had to deal with some of the things that came into play for him but they also have had to deal with the fact that Kip’s parents decided that he should just do whatever seemed most reasonable to them. Perhaps they were angry that he was being punished for some other reason that he couldn’t get out of, or perhaps something much worse, which I would imagine he did out of a sense of entitlement. There seems to be little to no evidence that they did really get rid of the kid due to the fact that it was clear to them that their son wasn’t even human.
I think for a little while he could also have been punished by law, although that is very unlikely considering the fact that there had been other young boys as well.
Peter: I hope that there is some basis for my thoughts about the case of Kip being held in juvenile detention because of his actions. In light of the fact that Kip was put in juvenile detention as a result of his activities on campus, I think that this would