Argumentative Essay On Homeless Man's Death
Gabriela Moya
4/25/14
Professor Moore
English 1A
Call Me Crazy But… A homeless man is seen pacing back and forth arguing with himself outside a local Wal-Mart, a few days later that same homeless man is found dead in the same spot. When people hear a story like that, it is automatically assumed that the man was a drug addict who overdosed. Little does society know that the person did not overdose, but had a mental illness known as Bipolar disorder in which caused him to decide to put an end to his own misery. Many of America’s deaths come from the homeless population, and from those deaths, the majority of them have been mentally ill who have commit suicides. Although another human being did not cause the death, it is still an issue …show more content…
Ex-cops acquitted in beating death of homeless man in California. N.p., 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. . I was able to watch a news broadcast about a schizophrenic homeless man who was beaten to death by two officers. I thought it would be a good story to add to my paper because it proves that having homeless mentally ill is a real issue and people are dying because of it. The man who was beaten had been accused of being under the influence of a substance but after his autopsy he was reported to not having any drugs or alcohol in his system and his remarks were all because of his untreated schizophrenia. It was my way of showing a real life example that this issue is serious.
Gittleman, Martin. "Why Are The Mentally Ill Dying?." International Journal Of Mental Health 37.1 (2008): 3-12. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. Reading this article, I was taken back to when mentally unstable people were considered bewitched and horrible people. It opened my eyes to see that unfair treatment of the mentally ill still occurs today but not to the same extremities. The mentally ill get neglected in today’s society whether it be from their loved ones or the community. The community has neglected them because of the decreased amount of help there is for those with psychiatric needs. Sick people are being jailed instead of taken into facilities to be given the proper medical attention. Neglect is what America’s homeless mentally ill are …show more content…
The struggle that poor sick people need to go through to find food or shelter is ridiculous. I also read that even though giving them food, shelter, and the proper medicine they need is the right thing to do, it is also their right to refuse any help. That is hard to see considering that they are very ill and many have Anosgnosia, which is the reason why they are denying any help from others. In a mentally ill’s person head, they are just fine and don’t need help. Lastly, I learned that mentally ill homeless people are at the highest risk of rape, murder, and freezing to
4/25/14
Professor Moore
English 1A
Call Me Crazy But… A homeless man is seen pacing back and forth arguing with himself outside a local Wal-Mart, a few days later that same homeless man is found dead in the same spot. When people hear a story like that, it is automatically assumed that the man was a drug addict who overdosed. Little does society know that the person did not overdose, but had a mental illness known as Bipolar disorder in which caused him to decide to put an end to his own misery. Many of America’s deaths come from the homeless population, and from those deaths, the majority of them have been mentally ill who have commit suicides. Although another human being did not cause the death, it is still an issue …show more content…
Ex-cops acquitted in beating death of homeless man in California. N.p., 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. . I was able to watch a news broadcast about a schizophrenic homeless man who was beaten to death by two officers. I thought it would be a good story to add to my paper because it proves that having homeless mentally ill is a real issue and people are dying because of it. The man who was beaten had been accused of being under the influence of a substance but after his autopsy he was reported to not having any drugs or alcohol in his system and his remarks were all because of his untreated schizophrenia. It was my way of showing a real life example that this issue is serious.
Gittleman, Martin. "Why Are The Mentally Ill Dying?." International Journal Of Mental Health 37.1 (2008): 3-12. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2014. Reading this article, I was taken back to when mentally unstable people were considered bewitched and horrible people. It opened my eyes to see that unfair treatment of the mentally ill still occurs today but not to the same extremities. The mentally ill get neglected in today’s society whether it be from their loved ones or the community. The community has neglected them because of the decreased amount of help there is for those with psychiatric needs. Sick people are being jailed instead of taken into facilities to be given the proper medical attention. Neglect is what America’s homeless mentally ill are …show more content…
The struggle that poor sick people need to go through to find food or shelter is ridiculous. I also read that even though giving them food, shelter, and the proper medicine they need is the right thing to do, it is also their right to refuse any help. That is hard to see considering that they are very ill and many have Anosgnosia, which is the reason why they are denying any help from others. In a mentally ill’s person head, they are just fine and don’t need help. Lastly, I learned that mentally ill homeless people are at the highest risk of rape, murder, and freezing to