Local Parent Commits Suicide: Cry of the Cat

she did try her best. But even so, the baby had died due to malnutrition. The death of

During the weeks Molly spends with Vivian, she learns a lot from Vivian. Most important, she realizes that Vivian also had a difficult childhood but was able to overcome her bad experiences and lead a happy life. Molly’s realization reflects the theme of the book: learning about the experiences

Later in the story, Ayah’s two kids was taken away from her by the doctor because they suspect that the kid might have tuberculosis transmitted from their grandmother. She sign a paper by the doctor that was about taking her kids away from her but she didn’t know since she doesn’t understand English. When the doctor gesture the kids to come with them, she then panics and took them and “She ran south into the foothills of juniper trees and black lava rock”(43). This show that she don’t want to lose any of her child since she already lost one and she will make sure nobody will take them away from her.

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them”, says Maya Angelou, an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. This quote reflects to Sarah’s journey in the novel Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, since the main character, Sarah, faces events that affect her well being, as they make her both weaker and stronger. These events causes her to lose her innocence, makes her persistent, and then eventually drives her to be pessimistic. Sarah experiences traumatic events through her journey, which leads her to change both in a positive and negative way.

I somehow knew what my aunt would say to me when I answered the ringing phone in my hand. There was an unexplainable, sickening feeling in my abdomen that told me something was wrong. Hesitating, I frantically tried to think of what else it could be before finally clicking “answer.” The cold surface of my phone pressed up to my ear, and my aunt spoke words that I will never forget.

Moreover, the author portrays the character’s loneliness, feelings, and emotions as a result of her physical and mental distress. Similarly represented in Willow Weep for Me and its depiction of Danquah, her sister, and friends’ alienation and isolation regarding their clinical depression (Danquah). Further, the “pain” and “whimpers” are the physical and emotional responses to her illness, which can be compared to Grealy’s bodily response to chemotherapy, “wanting to turn itself inside out, made wave after wave of attempts to rid itself of this unseeable intruder, this overwhelming and noxious poison” (66).

As Artie wrote it in the book, “in 1968 my mother killed herself … she left no note!”, shows absence of a note, which might have explained why she killed herself, made not only Artie, but also Vladek were put into the misery. Vladek and Artie could not support each other in the crucial moment. Comic expresses the Artie’s anger at Anja and his pain left to dealt alone with the overwhelming feeling of losing mother.

Not wanting to let go of her expired infant Mrs. Kamai was devastated by the loss of her daughter. Two girls lost their family and Mrs. Kamai lost her baby, due to the bomb children lost their parents and parents lost their infants.

Charles P. McDowell of the US Air Force says that “…suicide is had been viewed as an individual, rather than a collective problem.” If that is the case, why would the Canadian Department of Defence planning to spend over 50 million dollars trying to solve the problem of suicide amongst soldiers and veterans. In 1919, 43% of total male suicides were veterans. Also, many suicides did not include ‘suicide’ on one’s death certificate, instead of ‘suicide’, a simple ‘gunshot to the head’ was put as the cause of death, which means that the statistic may be, in fact, much higher than presumed . This was the case of Charles Campbell, whose death certificate has no mention of suicide, and instead, states ‘gunshot wound.’

With the growing number of veteran related suicides, there is a cause for concern on what may be the contributing factor or factors to yield such outcome. The current rate of suicide for veterans in the United States 18 to 22 incidences daily, which is higher than ordinary non veteran citizens (1).

Between 2005 and 2010, service members took their own lives at a rate of approximately one every 36 hours (20% of suicides in the U.S.), [9] and statistics show that an estimate of 22 veterans a day are committing suicide. However, given the paucity of representative data, it seems impossible to accurately estimate suicide rates among veterans. [2][9]

In Jean Rhys’ novel “Good Morning Midnight” the reader is introduced to Sasha Jansen. Sasha is a run of the mill alcoholic who has seemingly been handed the most dreadful hand in life. Her husband deserted her, her child died, she is poor, and mostly—she is isolated and alone. Her viewpoints on the world, and herself, are very cynical and pessimistic. Sasha’s story details her downfall in a stream of consciousness narrative that takes the reader from one thing to the next and back again. It tells of the things she has sensed which leads to the inevitable end of hopelessness which causes her to suffer severe disconnection from the world around her. The problem is, absolute hopelessness is the best thing that Sasha could find for herself.

In this passage, Jane breaks free from the bonds that hold her down and repress her, and for the first time the reader realizes Jane’s true personality and individuality (Anderson).

At present she is in her mid-sixties and struggles emotionally to survive by inhabiting a world of her own. She lives on memories that are sometimes distorted, such as the “heroic” son Ansel who died mysteriously

Euthanasia, the ‘mercy killing’, has definitely been one of the most difficult ethical dilemmas. Euthanasia is defined “an action or an omission, aimed at and causally implicated in, the death of another for her/his own sake” (Foot, 1997, as cited in Robert, 2004, p. 145). Euthanasia differs from murder, because the action causing the death is for the sake of the person to be killed. Someone might say that the person wanted to die anyway, so why ending his or her lives can be wrong? Is active euthanasia –acting to end the life of another- ever a right moral action? It is not an easy debate whether it is right or wrong to help end someone’s life. Some people might argue that