The Role Of Suicide In Suzanne Young's The Program

Each character faced a variety of issues throughout The Girls of the Atomic City by Denise Kiernan. Whether the problems were simple, such as initially arriving and settling in at the facility, or more complicated ones, like not being able to see their husband, the girls dealt with each issue in their own certain way. The women not only successfully trumped the obstacles they had, but thrived and accomplished more than any of them could have ever imagined in order to fully achieve their dreams.

The book The Program by Suzanne Young takes place during a time where teens all over are committing suicide. The Program helps these suicides by taking in depressed teenagers and erasing their memories. Most people think this can end the epidemic but not the main character Sloane. After a tragic loss of her brother and best friend, Sloane and her boyfriend James try to escape The Program but after they both get taken away and their memories erased, fate brings them back together. Throughout the book James and Sloane try to take The Program down with the help of new friends.

On October 5, 2016, Fowlerville High School freshman, Brendan Kangas, committed suicide. His whole school and community was struck with grief, previously unaware of Brendan’s battle with depression. The next day school was held on schedule, and it was a very unproductive day. According to the faculty, kids were crying in classrooms, and uninstructed teachers did not know how to handle the situation (Brent). Many Fowlerville students have struggled academically, unable to cope with the news of Brendan’s death. Fowlerville was not prepared to handle such a crisis and administrators were unaware of the effect Brendan’s suicide would have on the school. Since then, several other students in Brendan’s community have attempted to take their lives as well (Brent). Suicide has not only a problem in

There are times when we feel like we must be perfect in other to please others. No matter if we did the best we could, if it isn’t perfect, we felt like a failure. We want the approval that comes with perfectness but perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it 's a shield. Perfectionism is refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. “Suicide Note,” by Janice Mirikitani, is about an Asian American college student who commits suicide by jumping from her dormitory window. This poem is read as the suicide note that was left behind by this young woman to apologize to her parent s for having received less than a perfect four point grade average and not being perfect in life. Her last thoughts and feelings were left on this note, describing why she did what she did. The pressure to succeed that this student felt from herself and her parents was far too much to overcome. Even though the girl worked really hard and did her very best, it wasn’t good enough in her mind and maybe in her parents’ minds to be worthy of her parents’ love or life itself and so her only option was death to atone for her sin of imperfection. Sometimes pressure to succeed that a student feels from herself and her parents is far too much to overcome.

stays focused on reality and her idea of perception as well as the friendships she acquires in her two year stay at McLean Hospital and her recovery period once she is released.

Most of the depression and problems in the brain are based on sociological denial from peers and others. Teen suicide as described by Emile Durkheim’s studies is mainly a focus on the social denial and rejection an individual may encounter in life. Social rejection, sociological disasters and group dynamics are important aspects that lead to teenagers committing suicide. These sociological issues are some of the leading contributions towards teen suicide and

“Never push a loyal person to a point where they no longer care.” Innocent people will end up doing desperate things for others just the way Conrad committed suicide because his girlfriend made him. Michelle, the girlfriend forced him to kill himself so many times till one day he finally decided too because he couldn’t take it anymore. The ”Suicide By Text” case has prompted many people to discuss social issues such as depression and emotional manipulation.

In the beginning of the book Sloane is sorrowful. At this specific part in the book, The Program, one of Sloanes old friends, Lacey, that the handlers took from her just got out of the program, and is going to a school called Sumpter. After having friends, loved ones, and even family taken from her having Lacey come back shocked her. Then because

Maddie gets appetizers, dinner, and desserts that are all in great condition. Since she did not give up she now lives in a foster home instead of on the streets. She has a bed to sleep in and food to eat. The conflict is that Maddie is homeless and she has to take care of Dylan with only the help of Q. Once they get to the foster home she does not have to help take care of Dylan anymore. “Dylan and Leo, they need you.”(147) This is trying to convince her not to just give up and leave because she feels like she is just making things worse for Dylan and Leo but everyone knows that she has helped them so much and if she leaves they will be in trouble so they are basically telling her not to give up and keep believing that good things are going to happen.

Researchers conduct hypotheses that suicide could be contagious. Researchers had a total of 22,064 individuals ages 12 to 17. When conducting the study they met on cycles to monitor the exposure to suicide. All groups which were separated into age had an outcome of 95% of exposure to suicide. Researchers also questioned how often certain groups were or had feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts from stressful events during the cycles. In further research, 24.1% from the ages 16 and 17 responded that someone from school has committed suicide and which 20.1%

All of these statistics show how prominent suicide is in today’s society. To continue, a suicide note from a fourteen year old girl reads, “At least if I die they’ll put a plaque up in the school hall with my name on it” (“Teen Suicide: Prevention is Contagious, Too”). The sad note left by the teenagers is an example of how when a tragedy strikes, such as a classmate ending his or her life, people who were not even close to the victim come together and mourn, and to some, this could possibly be seen as another way people conform, during times of mourning. Suicide victims could possibly feel

In this heart touching article, “Dying Young,” the author Elizabeth Fernandez enlightens us on all the major death of teens. She shares tragic stories of families and their teenagers’ deaths. She tells readers about suicide, car crashes, homicide, and many more. She does babble on a little bit about the things parents can do to help their children before they decide to suicide himself. She does show she is really biased about suicide and how she blames the parents.

The topic of suicide can easily become uncomfortable when discussing. Thoughts of family or friends using a permanent solution to a temporary problem is hard to grasp. Why would an individual choose to do this? Did it stem from personal reasons or was it fueled by a number of out-siding factors. Using Sociology we can decipher human behavior and gain an insight into a global issue .

The book takes place in a dystopian society where depression and suicide run rampant. Teen Suicide had become an epidemic which was thought to be a behavioural contagion by Psychologists. In an effort to stop the outbreak, some school districts implemented a possible cure, The Program. All teenagers were constantly watched for symptoms of depression, if they were identified as a risk handlers would be sent to bring them to The Program, which utilized methods that would erase infected memories (memories that are thought to be the cause of the patient's depression). After The Program the returners were given new identities and were completely stripped of their originality.

Teen suicide is something that is endless, it will never stop but if everyone was educated on it, it could help prevent deaths. I think with people provided with statistics and further information can help avoid adolescent suicide attempts. I think most teen suicide cases could be prevent if we knew the signs to look for and the ways to stop it. I believe parents would feel safer if they knew knowledge on the issue and how to handle it. The intended audiences for this essay is parents or friends of suicidal teens. This essay is important because, as mentioned earlier, we need to be educated on suicide to end tons of tragedies. It is also important to be aware of the warning signs to help prevent. This essay is relevant because teen suicide is a war that happens daily, and will continue to happen, until we take control of the situation and do something to stop it. If family members were informed of the cause and symptoms leading up to the attempt of suicide, then there is less likely that teenagers would try and commit