Suicide In Dead Poets Society

Suicide is a waste of time. It’s stupid. There’s no point because you don’t gain anything from it because you’re dead. However, people don’t see this and they do this without thinking about what they already have. It’s mostly the teens that jump into the arms of death, and this is usually because of peer pressure, grades, suffering from loss, anxiety, etc. One novel show an example of a realistic stressed individual. And even though this is a fictional story, the character’s situation is similar to many young human beings on Earth. The novel is called The Catcher in The Rye, a first person narrative written by J.D. Salinger. The stressed individual’s name is Holden Caulfield. He is the main character who

The poem “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Amiri Baraka uses vivid images of sights, sounds, and daily activities to symbolize a heartfelt story. In the poem, Amiri, is one of the African American slaves who is frustrated about the discriminatory treatment by whites. So frustrated he wants to commit suicide. The writer used transition words starting with “lately”, “now”, and “then” for each stanza. He was imagining how he acted before his death and how his daughter reacted to his death.

time in my whole life I know what I wanna do [...] Whether my father wants

The poem Suicide Note, written by Janice Mirikitani (1987), talks about a young lady, who has studied in an Asian-American female college. The lady, unfortunately, committed suicide by jumping through her dormitory’s window. She left behind a note, citing reasons that led to her actions. After a critical analysis of the note, her parents were held responsible for her actions; they were pressurizing her to perform better in her exams. The poem, thus, describes the real feelings and the emotions of this young lady, who believes that committing suicide is the only option left to please her parents and to escape the enormous pressure placed on her. The persona uses voice in the poem to bring our attention to the sufferings she was going through, and that led to the devastating event. Voice in poetry is the strong words of a line, stanza or a page that creates a relationship between the audience and the persona. Voice can, therefore, be categorized as imagery, patterns of sounds created, rhythm, tone, and diction (Gahern 166). The following is a description of how the voice in Mirikitani’s suicide note helps the reader understand the persona’s reasoning.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2016). A model school policy on suicide prevention: Model language, commentary, and resources. Retrieved from:

Out of all the unfortunate people to die in this play all of them were victims of a tragic misunderstanding or suicide, except for Mercutio and Tybalt himself. Tybalt was filled with murder, and he killed Mercutio, got himself killed, and Romeo banished for defending himself and his friends. He spurred on the hate between the families. Out of everyone in the play, Tybalt was the most morally corrupt.     Tybalt is a young guy, and he cares a lot about upholding the family grudge, the “ancient grudge” (Shakespeare 377) that he most likely wasn’t around to see be created.

One of the most famous and most controversial love stories is the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It is the tale of two youthful lovers who are morosely born into two families who have been enemies for decades. The story closes with Romeo and Juliet both dead; both victims to a gruesome duo suicide. The pair both commit suicide because of the struggle of them not being approved to be together by their families. The catastrophe can be blamed three different ways: on Friar Lawrence, on the Capulet family, and on the Montague family. All three of these accusations are truthful, because all three of them have a part in the misfortune that could have influenced the outcome.

“Dead Poet’s” Society is about an elite prep School that hires a new teacher named Mr. Keating, Who’s hired to teach English. Mr. Keating ends up teaching the students that their life beyond conformity and letting their parent plan their life. I will compare Dead Poet’s Society to Salvation, Walden, The Lottery showing how their peer pressure and conformity.

In this chapter, Kanal (2011) focuses on Suicide, Homicide, and Psychotic Crises. It appears the overall theme of this chapter is the examination of extremes associated with physiological or crisis issues in a person’s life. The chapter begins with a discussion on suicide. The author emphasizes that in many instances the act of killing one self is driven by a sense of isolation. Kanal (2011) examples veterans, returning from Vietnam and after the prolonged disconnect from this society, had extreme issues of re-assimilation. Sadly, many who commit suicide may feel isolated but in reality often have family and do not realize the ramifications of their actions, especially if they are successful. In examining the symptoms associated with suicide, the author claims that in many instances,

In her Marlowe’s Virgil: Dido Queen of Carthage, Roma Gill argues that Marlowe changed the character of Dido into a more sound character by making the suicide scene in which Dido has a soliloquy more heroic. She says that Dido becomes more resourceful and proud after the storm scenes after which she disappears from the plot for a while. It is, thus, disappointing for Gill to see Dido burn the relics of Aeneas, which constitutes an unnecessary melodrama according to Gill. What Gill calls a melodrama appears to me as an act to monumentalize both Aeneas and Dido’s love for him.

The book The Road is set in a post-apocalyptic nuclear world. The book is centered on two main characters known simply as the Man and the Boy and their journey southwest to the coast. I believe that the characters are not named on purpose because the book’s purpose is to show how far a parent will go for a child. The characters are not named to show that this book could really be about anyone.

Chapter 7 speaks about research that has focused on suicide. It mentions that suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States and that adults white males are more likely to commit suicide. Gender suicide was another topic covered in the chapter and how men are more likely to commit suicide compared to women. China is the only exception to this subject because they the women consist of 56% of all female suicides globally (Kastenbaum, 2012). It also spoke how younger people from ages 18-24 are more likely than older people to attempt suicide, however, adults are more likely to complete the act. Chapter 7 also spoke about suicide among different ethnicities and background. Myths related to suicide were also covered in the chapter.

Choices define who we are, good or bad they should be meaningful. Carpe diem is a method of thinking that represents seizing the day. How people seize the day can be very different. it can be having the courage to say something to a girl, standing up for a kid being bullied or following your dreams and participating in a play. Mr. Keating is as a very flamboyant English teacher at the Welton Academy. He is very enthusiastic about teaching English and very passionate about ensuring that his students understand the power of carpe diem; which is viewed as an almost taboo subject in the preppy boys school. Nevertheless he goes to great lengths to introduce the carpe diem lifestyle and mentality to his class.

Many poets and directors believe in the concept of living life to the fullest. In this quote, by Sir Henry David Thoreau, he shows that we should live life to its fullest and make sure we make our mark while we still can, so people remember us. In the Movie," Dead Poets Society," a group of students from the Welton Prep School are moved by the teachings of their English teacher, Professor Keating. He teaches the boys to be their own boss, leaders and not followers. This quote relates to the movie because this quote tells what Keating wants to teach his kids. Many events take place during the movie that asks whether or not Professor Keating's teaching are appropriate, it is also questionable whether or not he

The more a question is argued the better that question becomes it is often said. That question begins to grow and the side effect of this is the more people it reaches. Whether that question can be put into a category of right or wrong it begs to be answered. Knowledge is something that people instinctively need to function when faced with a problem, an answer must be found or it begins to form eminent possibility in any direction. The problem is a question that no one can truly answer for anyone other than the person faced with it, which is one's own self. The arguments from either side of this philosophical problem must not be centered around one's own belief but all that share the dilemma, which is in fact every human being.