Analysis Of Suicide Note By Janice Mirikitan

Struggles and Stresses Due to Cultural Emphasis Janice Mirlikitan’s poem, “Suicide Note”, brings the audiences’ attention to the constant struggles and everyday stress faced by most teenagers and college students (Mirikitani 366). Struggles and stresses that students face include competition for grades with other students, the continuous emphasis based on appearance, and constant reassurance from parents and society as a whole. The female speaker of the poem, however, has more stress than the typical college student and teenager due to her Asian culture. The Asian culture is very competitive and men are typically placed higher than women. The speaker’s lack of self-confidence is due to her trying to live up to expectations outside of her control. produce a strong perfect boy, but instead a weak “fragile” (Mirikitani 367) girl that the speaker refers to as a “sparrow” (Mirikitani 367).
The female speaker feels like she is “not good enough not pretty enough not smart enough” (Mirikitani 366). This line, which is repeated after each stanza, emphasizes the constant impulse she has of these feelings about herself. The visual effect and the presentation of this line, within the poem, demonstrate the significance of each individual statement. The impact of this …show more content…
In the poem the speaker notes that it is “snowing steadily” (Mirikitiani 367), “the wind” (Mirikitiani 367) is strong and “the snow burdens my crippled wings” (Mirikitiani 367). The speaker is on a rooftop where there has been many “tears” (Mirikitiani 367) and “notes shredded” (Mirikitiani 367). The speaker is disheartened and feels that there is no way out. The speaker wonders once she jumps if all of the apologizes and regrets will somehow weigh heavily upon her parents. When buried the speaker hopes to be under a strong tree in order to justify her own strength to