A Great Escape
Why has suicide become popular? Over recent years, the suicide rate
has risen as one of the top ten causes of death in the world. Is this really true?
Has suicide become a way to attract attention or is it an escape to one
person's problems?
Suicide is not something that has recently come into existence. It has
been around for ages. In every culture, suicide is observed in a different way.
Suicide may not have been a choice to some but it was the only way to gain
back what was lost. Chinese warriors took their lives so they would not have
to face the shame of a lost battle. Greek and Roman citizens did not care
about death itself, but in the way one died. Suicide was believed to be an
honor to themselves when their age came to interfere with their travels in a
tribe.
We will look at the concept of suicide through the life of an American
political figure, Abraham Lincoln, and Sylvia Plaths biblical figure of Lady......
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