Suicide
Suicide is unfortunately not an uncommon topic for many people. It has taken the lives of many people in this country and many countries throughout the world. The rates of suicide and suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults are currently on the rise. In fact, in the "United States, 4,784 adolescents and young adults took their own lives in 1995 alone (Johnson, Krug, and Potter 74). Many factors could contribute to this such as pressure from parents and family, rejection from friends and/or peers, or conflict within himself. Additionally, "youth suicide is a tragedy, not only ending the life of a young person but also violently upsetting the lives of the victims' family members, friends, and neighbors (Johnson, Krug, and Potter 74). When parents pressure their children they don't realize how much influence they have on their child's life and their decisions. Parents can have the tendency to have high expectations of what they want their children's life to be like and what they want their children to accomplish. It is a common saying that parents always want their children to have a better life and achieve mor
The fact that the girl in the poem was in college, at the time she committed suicide added extra pressure to her. Students in college have the pressure of their schoolwork, friends, and teachers. Also, as mentioned earlier, the pressure to do well in school from her parents. A lot of responsibility comes with the transition to college life. This could have added to her suicidal thoughts before she killed herself. In her suicide note she states "tasks do not come easily. Each failure, a glacier. Each When the thoughts of suicide become more frequent she begins to think that suicide is a good way to go. She most likely began to have conflict within herself and the thoughts became like a reality to her. She probably began to think that it was a way to make everyone around her happy and she wouldn't have to deal with pressures from school or her parents. Suicide among adolescence and young adults "has nearly tripled between 1950 and 1995" (Johnson, Krug, and Potter 74). Young people have seemed to think that suicide is "a way out" for all of their problems. The girl most likely saw suicide as her "way out" from all the pressures of c
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