Suicide crisis

The movie Into the Wild as well as the story Death of an Innocent tells the exciting, yet questionable adventure of Chris Mccandless, who left his family, home, and money to separate himself from society and to live the life he wanted. His parents, Walt and Billie McCandless set him up for an impressive, promising life, but Chris took this promising, successful future and spun it into an unnecessary, dangerous journey which led him to his desperate death. Chris’s decision to go on this journey…

Harper Lee, the author of the famous classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, passed away in 2016. Even though she no longer lives, her book still touches the lives of many and her legacy is still everlasting. To Kill a Mockingbird is a rich story based on her childhood, filled with racism and ignorance. Set in the sleepy town of Maycomb County, a colored man was convicted of a crime he did not commit by a white man. Although civilians of Maycomb knew he was innocent, they were blinded by society's…

Child abduction is one of the biggest fears parents have. Every forty seconds, in the United States, a child is abducted. “Only about one child out of each 10,000 missing children reported to the local police is found alive”(Bilich). Jaycee Lee Dugard was one of the many children who has been abducted. Jaycee’s story shows how someone can live in such terrible conditions for so long and still manage to survive. She was just eleven years old when she was abducted. She was forced to lived with…

Do you find yourself worrying about other people’s feelings? Do you yourself worrying deeply about certain situations more than others? Do you cry or explode about something so small, and think it’s the end of the world? Do you slobber all over your bed and cry until you sleep? If all four questions apply to you, you are sensitive. You are also a very dramatic person, just kidding, you are not dramatic nor that sensitive as the questions above. But if the first two questions actually apply to…

Mendez, Jessica Lang. Arts, Per. 3 10.27.17 Keep Your Eyes Closed "Just keep your eyes closed." Somehow, while doing my sister Melanie's eye makeup, the eyeshadow missed her eyelid and made it into her eye. We don't usually wear makeup, but we had been invited to Mr. and Mrs. Swedel's Halloween Gala, which was a very formal event. It was extremely strenuous to be invited to. Mom insisted w e looked our best, and in Melanie's case would be quite difficult considering her costume was a bright…

The book, Love, Lucas by Chantele Sedgwick teaches a certain lesson, that moving on can be hard, but it is necessary to start over. This is the main lesson because, Oakley, the main character is suffering from the death of her older brother, Lucas, who died from cancer. Throughout the beginning of the story it is clear that Oakley is not over her brother’s death. In the book Oakley says, “I know I’m supposed to feel something. Anything. Relief that Lucas is out of pain. Anger that her was taken…

not severely impacted or included any psychotic symptoms that warranted a hospitalization or engaged is severely risky behaviors that could potentially get her in trouble. Although she was hospitalized at the age of 14, this incident was due to a suicide attempt. However, it is unclear if this was due to a manic episode or depressive…

“Another Elegy” is a poem about the relationships in life that happen. In the line “This is what our dying looks like..” gives us as a reader the feeling that we need to believe that when something bad happens, we need to just believe that something that is there. The poem is about someone trying to kill themselves. It happens in the line, “he let the gun go off in his mouth.” Then, all of a sudden, the bad side of the person in the poem comes out. The husband’s head and the wife’s mouth…

In his play, “Death of a Salesman”, Arthur Miller utilizes many symbols to illustrate the themes of success and failure. In many instances throughout “Death of a Salesman” Willy’s late older brother, Ben, appears to him in times of despair. Other symbols presented to the readers is Willy’s desperate attempt at planting a garden at the end of the play, and the tape recorder. These symbols represent Willy’s final attempts to be successful and the failure he cannot escape. As a young man, Ben set…

Tram Dang Total hour: 5 hours and 30 minutes Journal #2 I know the recently death of Dr. Skinner was a total shock to our UNC-Charlotte community. All my four years here, I have never experienced anything like this before and for a while, I was in disbelieved that something like this could ever happened to her. However, because of this incident, it made me more grateful that I had taken the Death and Dying class last spring. It taught me not to use euphemism when I talk about this with my family…