Opening Scene Of Teen Suicide

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Title: Suicide
By: Paige Mukahirn
Hour: 5
Opening Scene/Introduction (Describe)
It was a long day at work, and it's about time for you to go back home to your 14 year old daughter. You cannot wait to see her since she finally got dropped off from her friends house and is now home. You want to buy her some flowers to surprise her since it is her 14th birthday. You want to call her to ask her what color of flowers she would like but she wanted so surprise her. At the grocery store you get some red roses, her favorite. You're now driving home and pull into the driveway. You walk into see your daughter lying on the floor, all bloody, with a bloody knife in her hand. A note is next to her, you read it crying. It says, “I'm sorry, I couldn't
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Whether somebody else causes it or is a disorder. Suicide could also be caused by many different ways, such as the main accountable reason, depression. (daughter is in her kitchen, thinking about all the mean things her friends made her feel.) “I don't know what to do anymore, my friends say I am not good enough to be in their group because I'm too short and fat,” girl says. This is an example of feels bad about yourself.
Section/Chapter 2- What causes suicide.
Suicide is caused from different ways. Like depression, depression is a common disease but a serious mood disorder. It causes how you act, feel, think, and handle things. Another cause is negative life experiences, such as a death of a loved one, parents divorce, breakup, house or money loss, bullying, and abusement. (parents are getting a divorce and the daughter is thinking she is the main cause of it.) “I don't know what to do anymore, is my parents divorce my fault? What did I do? I can't handle this,” daughter says.
Section/Chapter 3- Symptoms of
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It can cause life changes. Suicide mainly affects family, or close friends. If somebody commits suicide it affects at least 6 other people to have suicidal thoughts. Even suicidal thoughts can affect people. How it affects them is if they think too much about it and worry and lose their job or lose their house. They could also think they did something wrong, which 35.3% of suicides cause at least 1 person to commit suicide as well. (Mother just got home and sees her daughter lying in the kitchen with a bloody knife in her hand.) “Oh my gosh!, is this my fault!” (Cries

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