The poem‚ "Suicide Note‚" by Janice Mirikitani‚ depicts an Asian-American female college student who committed suicide by jumping out of her dormitory window. Her last words‚ thoughts‚ and feelings were left behind in a suicide note‚ describing why this had to happen. This was a tragic accident that should not have happened‚ in fact‚ it should have been prevented. What drove this college student to kill herself? Was it her fault‚ or was she pushed so far that it became too much for here to take
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Throughout this semester I’ve read a lot of poems and short stories. Some were very graphic in a sense that while reading them I felt like I was within the poem or short stories and some even helped me to understand different point of views including my own life. For example‚ “Suicide Note” written by Janice Mirikitani helped me to understand more of another’s personal life and what they’re going through. As for my own life‚ “Dusting” written by Julia Alvarez helped me to better understand what I’m
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8‚ 2013 Word Count: 1264 Brianda Payan Prof. Tammy Mata English 1302 8 April 2013 The Importance of the Speaker There are many literary terms that constitute a poem‚ such as symbolism‚ rhyme‚ rhythm‚ tone and so on. The most important literary term that makes up a poem is the speaker. The speaker sets the tone of the poem and has the ability to maintain the attention of readers. The most important role of the speaker is to be “real”‚ in the sense that the reader feels that they are listening
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The poem “Suicide Note” by Janice Mirikitani is the inspiration for my discussion on the topic of college suicide. I wanted to write about this controversial issue because I’ve heard far too many stories on the news of college students ending their life. I wanted to know what is driving college students to commit suicide. Along with that‚ I started back to school after twenty years and could easily see why some people think it is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. In the poem‚ an Asian-American
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Mirikitani’s poem “Suicide Note”‚ parental pressures to be “good enough”‚ “smart enough”‚ and “pretty enough” are causes of teen suicide. Whether these feelings of deficiency come from comments and expressions from the narrator’s parents‚ or from her perception of their opinion of her‚ they drastically change the way she looks at herself. The narrator feels like her parents expressed that everything she did was not “good enough” according to their expectations‚ which led to her suicide. She even
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Both were drug addicts. Unfit parents. Only daughter was sent to Love’s sister. Later returned to their custody on certain conditions. H EALTH Chronic bronchitis. Chronic stomach ache – undiagnosed. Family had a history of suicide‚ mental illnesses and alcoholism. Attention deficit hyper activity disorder ( ADHD ) as a child. H EALTH.. Bipolar disorder as an adult. Experimented with drugs at the age of 13‚ marijuana. Prone to alcoholism and solvent abuse
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2078-5488 The Presentation of the Self: An Hypothesis about Suicide Notes Bijou Yang‚ Ph.D.1 David Lester‚ Ph.D.2‚ Department of Economics and International Business‚ Lebow College of Business‚ Drexel University‚ Philadelphia‚ USA 2 Psychology Program‚ The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey‚ USA 1 Essay Submitted to SOL: 24th November 2010; accepted: 7th November 2011; published: 14th November 2011 Abstract: Typically‚ suicide notes are viewed as providing insights into the psychodynamics
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Glenda Paulesich English Composition II 26 February 2012 Suicide Note The poem “Suicide Note” tells the story an Asian-American college student who commits suicide because she could not live up to what she believed were the expectations of her parents. The girl left a note that turned out to be an apology to her parents‚ apologizing for her failures as a student and as a daughter. This poem takes you inside the mind of the young girl as she preparing for her final hour of life. It is apparent
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back as inspiration for her poems. Sexton was hospitalized‚ and attempted suicide in her life‚ so her idea of courage might be different than what others may see it. A baby’s first step‚ men fighting in war‚ dealing with abuse‚ and reaching old age are significant signs of courage. As she expresses her view on the subject‚ it is made clear that people do not need to be a “superhero” to be courageous. Anne Sexton varies the types of figurative language used in her poem Courage to show the numerous
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Born Yesterday | Point | Example | Effect | F | 2 stanzas of irregular length * First stanza talks about positive wishes made by the rest of society which are wished for every child * Second stanza echoes the structure of a sonnet (14 lines long and ends with a rhyming couplet) | In the first stanza‚ the poet talks about wishes of ‘being beautiful’ and ‘of innocence and love’ made by the rest of society‚ whilst the second stanza he wishes for her to be ‘ordinary’ and ‘dull’. | By presenting
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