The Virgin Suicides Essay

Probable Causes of the Virgin Suicides

Suicide is a sensitive issue in American society because it carries many negative connotations and has a lasting result on surviving members of the community. The victim’s family and friends will have a tough time during the grieving process since the causes of suicide are usually hard to identity and address. The film “The Virgin Suicides” portray an emotionally torn family after the youngest sister commits suicide that leads to national attention. The family is mainly run by a devout Christian mother and operates under a very strict and limiting moral code.
The family environment can be blamed for causing all the sisters to committing suicide. The primary reason for blaming the household is since
Lux even has a cigarette in her hand when she kills herself in the garage to remind their mother that they won’t be prisoners of her outdated and controlling actions. It is likely that most of the girls would have been depressed since they were prevented from enjoying life outside the house and were stuck with each other every day. They had to have talked about all their problems and situation which would have impacted all of them. It is known fact that pessimistic attitude can spread if one individual is always draining on the others. I am assuming that Lux would have been really down after her suppose soul mate used and left her after the dance. Her sisters were there to witness and maybe conclude that no one can be trusted in or outside of the household and that they were all helpless and stuck in their situation forever. The only reasonable solution would have been to escape or commit suicide. They decided to end all their lives together since they were motivated by each other and gained courage from group think and action. Many mass suicides happen since every member are encouraged to go through with the process because of the motivation gained from others. I believe that Lux is emotionally strong enough to handle the breakup so she would have made it through their mother’s controlling household, but I think she committed suicide since she couldn’t deal with the guilt and consequences after all her sisters were to commit suicide. The event happened since all these probably causes came together to motivate the sisters to finally take action and end their miserable