Suicide Squad

Water Symbolism in Literature Water is a powerful element that can affect anything. Babies begin in the womb surrounded by a watery substance called amniotic fluid. Water is required for life and is essential in order to function properly. Not to mention, about 70% of a human’s body weight is water. Asside from keeping things alive, it also has the power to cause a catastrophe. Some of these problems include flooding, droughts, tidal waves, or hurricanes. It may seem like water can be controlled…

As the years stroll by, it is reported by many sources that school bullying definitely has not improved and the issue still has not been resolved within schools. In the educational system, there have been a variety of statistics, all of which the ones that I will mention are brought forth in the current year of 2015. According to the website called, Nobullying.com, this website obtained data from parents, teachers, activists and community members that show how bullying is so common in schools.…

After considering lot of information on the death penalty, I have came to the conclusion that I agree with this punishment under certain circumstances. I have supporting statements that justifies as to why I would support such a said to be “harsh” punishment in some eyes. My first supporting statement would be that punishment is a consequence individuals should receive of inflicted harm to the degree in which they inflicted harm on another. Others may argue that we should not purposely inflict…

Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton is a tragic novella following Ethan Frome as he attempts to express his feelings for the one he truly loves, Mattie Silver. Ethan, however, is already married and feels obligated to care for his wife, Zeena. Over their 7 year marriage, Zeena has fallen perpetually ill and requires more aid than Ethan can give. In order to provide her the help she needs, they hire Mattie Silver, Zeena’s cousin. Zeena’s illness harks back to Ethan’s mother’s illness, from which Zeena…

Voluntary Euthanasia is the medical practice of intentionally ending your own life in order to relieve pain and suffering. The Practice of Euthanasia; physician assisted suicide particularly is a topic that that has long been surrounded by much controversy. Currently only two states in the United States have laws that legalized Physician assisted suicide for the terminally ill, those states being Washington and Oregon. Many people take the opposing side for reasons such as religious beliefs,…

that Hamlet examines the question of whether to commit suicide or not. He analyzes the ending of his pain and suffering and uncertainty through suicide and says “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” (III.I.58) that being, the challenges and misery that life has to offer him. He then determines that the vagueness of the afterlife, which is related to getting the truth in an uncertain world, is what keeps humans from committing suicide because they are not sure. Being confused about his…

between mental illness and creative genius, and scientists have found that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of chronic depression. On the other hand, it has also been proven that depression is the cause of two-thirds of the suicides in the United States every year. If those with depression and schizophrenia are not forced to get treated, the illnesses could cause self-harm or even death. However, famous creative geniuses who have suffered from depression and schizophrenia…

is, in fact, a fate worse than death. When you feel there is no reason to go on, simply waking up each day is a chore. Though Goodman Brown neglected to take his own life, from the day of the dream until his last breath he was already committing suicide every day simply by living with the skepticism and negligence of daily…

note of John Lutz, a 24 year-old marine veteran who committed suicide on January 12, 2013 after the tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lutz struggled to cope with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He transformed completely after combat, battling mood swings and recoiling from loud noises. Although Lutz had received treatment at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, he failed to heal from PTSD and perceived his only option as suicide. Unfortunately, the PTSD that afflicted Lutz is merely one…

advocate the practice of euthanasia. What makes euthanasia the "medical hastening of death a modern way of dying" isn 't determined off of the time of death and rather by human will. Thus, making the “medical hastening of death” no different from suicide. Suicide is an act that is taken into extraordinary cases due to face-front problems such as depression, etc. Whereas euthanasia, is made to end a problem that the patient is bound to already face in a manner of moral principles. When discussing…