Research Paper On Why Does Martha Commit Suicide

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Martha is being teased through social media posts in school. Some of the girls seem to be Martha’s friends, but the jokes are very personal and sometimes include comments about hurting Martha. I should help Martha by, help build her self confidence, and tell an adult at school.

The first reason why I should help Martha is by helping build her self confidence. By doing so she could have enough self confidence to stand up to the bullies and making them stop. When a bully's victim tell them to stop they are in shock by that and they would stop bullying the person. How I could help build her self confidence is by taking a stand for Martha and by being her friend.

The second reason why is to tell an adult about the teasing. If an adult knows they can make the bullying stop. The bullies would also get in trouble for teasing Martha. By letting an adult know about the problem they can do more than you can do to stop the bullying.
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If the problem reaches a level of severity Martha might commit suicide. Suicide is mainly caused by

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