Analysis Of The Lifeline By John Draper

The opening lines of Logic's most successful song to date are, quite literally, a cry for help. The title of the track, "1-800-273-8255," is the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

On average, 1 person commits suicide every 16.2 minutes(Do Something). The song 1-800 by Logic sets a scene of a boy who goes through life and struggles with being gay, bullied, and suicidal thoughts. Which leads to a call to the 1-800 suicide hotline. The video takes a turn and ends happily with the main actor being married and surrounded by family and friends. The main point that this song displays is that suicide is a real problem and it portrays that through stressing the importance of accepting everyone. My main points in this paper are the content of the video, the sound and pace, how this piece affects today’s society, what modes of persuasion are used.

Suicidal people often understand things that might seem incomprehensible to most. And they strangely display clarity of mind in most cases. Evidence shows that most suicide notes contain instructions of the concrete sort that are rational and comprehensive. This shows that they are rational in one way, though many might say they are not in the case of taking their lives. Their minds are made up and they rationalize the very action the way one would do for other situations. Hannah displayed a clairvoyance of thoughts throughout it all as evidenced by the tapes. The only thing which makes such an action different from any other is the metaphysical and ethical aspect of the action itself. This is the proposed “sane” side of the suicide theory of this research

There is a plethora of music that expresses the misunderstanding and isolation one goes through while in a corrupted state of mind. Recently, in late 2017, Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255” was on the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. This song was specifically written to prevent suicide, as it’s named after the suicide prevention hotline. Those who suffer from any mental disorder, not just depression, can feel the need to take their own lives to escape the pain of their illness. In reality, it is not a solution. In Logic’s song, the lyrics change from “I don’t wanna be alive,” to “I want you to be alive,” and “I finally wanna be alive,” implying that the person’s change of heart was sparked by someone else begging them to stay. If not for someone trying to understand what they are going through, they most likely would have had second thoughts. Not only is the story of the music powerful and relevant, but it can help people struggling with the same

A track on the Everybody album, by Logic (Sir Robert Bryson Hall), Alessia Cara, and Khalid, illustrated an artistic, educational, inspiring, and honest song released on April 28, 2017 through the Visionary Music Group and Def Jam Records in Los Angeles. This heartening song aiming to encourage suicide prevention through it’s title and lyrics made a profound impression on America, as reported by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline “On the day of the release (April 28), The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline received the second highest daily call volume in it’s

In the song “1-800” by Logic the narrator uses metaphors to explain some of the depression that people in this world have. Also he uses loved ones to explain some of the hard times they could give you if you don’t make the right choices. This song has a dark and an important message because it talks about people having so much depression they are think about suicide. This song can make a big change in someone's live that is going in depression. It can also change the perspective of how people look at life even if they aren’t going through depression.

My current life roll is to go to school and get good grades. I take honors and higher classes so it’s important for me to take care of my grades. Most of the time I have soccer after school if we plan to practice that day. Also I am going to be doing clubs like student ambassador and drama so that will keep me busy. When I get home after practice or any clubs I do my homework and study for any test or quizzes I have the next day. Also I help my mom with dinner and do any chores if she wants me to. Another thing is I help out with my little brother as much as I can for my mom. I try to do most things independently for myself at home like cooking food, mostly breakfast and making my lunch. In my leisure time I like to hangout with my friends

So many emotions run through someone’s body and the slightest thing can trigger their psychological mind and make them finally break down.” (Hometownlife.com) Many teenagers especially in the high school and college years are trying to find out where they fit in. Sometimes they are not allowed too. That’s what starts leading to these kinds of problems. Another quote in the same article that stood out as significant was “Alone, shocked, responsible, angry, abandoned, ashamed, worried, guilty: so many feelings one can feel when they lose someone to suicide.” (Hometownlife.com) The book really helps connect with the social issue, because even though Singer helped others. He wasn’t able to help himself. After his best friend died, he couldn’t find a purpose to live. Teens who are face this should seek help. Keeping it all in makes matters worst. The most important take away from the book and the articles is; life isn’t what you get it’s what you make out of

One evidence i have that Logic actually can help, is that one of his songs helped a teenager from killing herself, she slit her wrist and was losing lots of blood. She was taken to the hospital, her best friend made her hear one of his songs. The song was called “ 1-800-273-8255” in the news it says that she regret doing what she has done, but that song made her to be positive in life and not let haters or negative people get in her way. Logic should come to our school and give one of his best speeches to us about life to motivate us like he motivated the girl. He will be a huge help in this school, because many people will listen to a famous guy with a positive attitude who has been through rough times but still made it through. Just imagine a guy who is a big impact towards other people in our school, talking to us about life and how to be a good person ! Yes, you guys probably think that anyone can give us a good speech about life and nice, but his speeches are told straight from his

When writing this song Mark Foster got inside a psychotic individual’s mind to get a better understanding as to why they express their emotions by harming others. Changes should be made in the coming years about mental illness because it’s only going to get worse if people keep on ignoring this subject.

At age 18, Darin Strauss was driving an old car with some of his high school friends and struck a girl on a bicycle with his car. It was just an innocent trip to play some miniature golf, but it turned into what one may call a devastation. It was June of his senior year in high school, as Strauss says, “Your future rarely feels so present as it does in this June of your prime.” He was planning on attending Tufts University the following fall. He did everything correct. He was not drunk. He drove the legal speed limit. He was paying full attention. He noticed a group of girls biking on the far right side of the road and at once, before he even knew what he did, it happened. He hit her. Celine Zilke, a 16 year old junior at his high school was now gone forever. Dead. That spring day of his senior year of high school shaped his future in more ways than imaginable.

We must first realize that resistance was in no way a survival strategy. Yet, even when it seemed obvious that death was near inevitable, why did they not put up a fight? This argument is still puzzling to many holocaust historians, yet the arguments of Raul Hilberg and Yehuda Bauer offer insight to possible reasons why they did not fight and that resistance was more widespread than most people think.

According to Brandt, at first, printers used to be well paid, but then with the invention of print industry, printers became low-paid with no access to multi-skilled environment.

The first reason the narrator may consider suicide is because they cannot tolerate being lonely anymore. The narrator clearly mentions their loneliness multiple times throughout the song,

In the hit hip-hop song, 1-800-273-8255, performed by Logic and featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, the audience is taken through the experience of someone who is contemplating suicide. The song begins within the point of view of a person calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL), 1-800-273-8255, which is sang by Logic.