Suicide bombing

“Suicide has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years” according to Sabrina Tavernise. Suicide is the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. More than 34,000 people die from suicide each year. More than 34,000 people have attempted suicide each year. We can only imagine what this does to family and friends of a suicide attempter and especially a death caused by suicide. Suicide is like the…

largely seen as a positivist. As such, he believed that sociology should be studied in the same manner as the natural sciences - scientifically. In 1897, Durkheim published Suicide, a study that is now seen as a model of positivist research and methodology. In Suicide, Durkheim lists and explains his finding of four areas of suicide; finding quantitative differences between gender, class, and religious groups. During the late nineteenth century, sociology was establishing its roots. Durkheim…

“Sociology as a Life or Death Issue” is a beautifully written article by Robert Brym (2012). He eloquently states that even though death is inevitable many are afraid to admit it. Brym recounts his childhood absence of death until the age of fifteen, at which point the deniability of death was introduced to him. He recalls a strong desire to understand why people lived if the only purpose they have is to die. This dark period of enlightenment caused Brym to seek answers from those closest to…

“The Mind of Those Who Kill, and Kill Themselves” In Erica Good’s “The mind of those who kill, and kill themselves” from New York Times, she discusses the mass murders-suicides cases, where people want to kill themselves, but are afraid to die alone. How can the people that want to commit suicide be afraid to die alone? Why is it that they want to take a lot of innocent peoples’ lives with them to the death? There are many questions that don’t have an answer to such horrible…

magazine, or reading a book there’s constant talk of police brutality, bombings of other countries, first world disasters, terrorist attacks, murders, and suicides. However, if there was no talk about death, then how would people’s eyes be open to the impact and importance of the deaths surrounding them? The novel A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki tackles these issues. In fact, a vital and recurring theme in the novel is Death/Suicide. Throughout the novel the theme is expressed…

Homer’s Illiad is an adventure nonfiction piece that was meant to convey the tremendous amount of causalities faced during the time of the war. While reading Homer’s Illiad this epic piece connected with life issue in many ways, and was a piece that was very diverse. Of course, with war comes death, but let not death be in vain. In today’s world soldiers have risk their lives’ and many have died due to the battle of the war. The war that changed this nation’s view is the war in Iraq, which was…

attacked by one of the number one causes of military personal causality, it’s not Improvised Explosive Device or IEDs or enemy fire. Sadly it is suicided, yes that is correct, as said in a USA Today article by Gregg Zoroya , states “In 2012 and 2013...Suicide outranked war, cancer, heart disease, homicide,…

meaningless. Having had his dreams crushed by losing the war, as a solder he comes home to wrecked homes and disengaged life with his relatives. He was devastated and had no hope for the future both his and the country. Eventually, Dazai committed suicide as the hammering sound stripped him off of his individuality leaving him no place in the…

Benefits of Hardships "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." (Arnold Schwarzenegger). People need to go through hardships to become stronger, so they can have a better future. In the book, Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See, some of the characters experience hardships through their lifestyles, relationships, and with themselves. However, the manage to get past the tough times in their…

December 2014 Genealogy Project: Suicide in Catholicism and Islamic Religions Suicide has always been look down upon, especially in Catholicism and Islamic Religions. For years it has been considered a sin to commit suicide, but many of these religions have been lenient. For Catholicism, suicide has always been the highest sin anyone could commit if you were Catholic. Suicide in Islamic Religions has been sin unless you die an honorable death, while committing suicide. While both of these…