Argumentative Essay About Suicide

Suicide is a growing and fearsome problem that affects nearly everybody today. There is evidence that shows that since 2000, suicide rates have been slowly increasing. In fact, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide was ranked tenth in cause of death in the United States in 2013. So why is it that people choose to end their lives? What causes them to feel as if suicide is the only option? In Frank J. Zulke and Jacqueline P. Kirley’s book, Through the Eyes of Social Science, it explains how in the past, it was believed that a person committed suicide because of one’s mental insanity or genetic makeup. However, researcher Emile Durkheim claimed that suicide was due to one’s social groups and relationships. Thanks to Durkheim’s research, we can now classify
One famous example of altruistic suicide is the 9/11 bombings, where a group of terrorists hijacked and crashed airplanes into the World Trade Centers in NYC. The hijackers knew very well what their fate would be when the planes crashed, but followed through for Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group they belonged in. They believed that their action in the name of Al-Qaeda outweighed their own lives. Finally, a person commits anomic suicide when his/her social situations are greatly disrupted, resulting in a state of little to no regulations. A person may commit anomic suicide because when a big change in their life occurs, they may feel as if they can no longer achieve their goals or their goals are now worthless. An example of this is actor Paul Bhattacharjee, who killed himself after declaring for bankruptcy. It could’ve been possible that Bhattacharjee believed he could no longer do his job or live his life as a result of his financial problems, and decided that suicide was the