sociology summary
Analytical summary 09052013 HAISHAN YANG
1. What is the central question the author is striving to answer? Where in the article did you find the question? In other words, where are they located in the article?
The main question the author tries to answer is why suburban teenagers would strive to commit suicide. What made them kill themselves and abandon this world? Are there any factors that influence them to do this suicide? The author discusses the issue of teenage suicide and why this has become such a severe growing problem in modern society.
The author asks quite a few questions to show thoughts about the teenager suicide cases not only in Bergenfield but also in many places elsewhere in the world. These questions are asked on page 10 and 11 of the book Mapping the Social Landscape, in which she asked,” did the burnouts see themselves as a community under siege?” and “ what betrayed them in the long, cold night? Was the suicide pact an act of cowardice by four ‘losers,’ or the final refuge of kids helplessly and hopelessly trapped?”
2. What are the research methods used by the author to answer the question?
The author used details, information and materials from other scientific researches and from books to explain the origin of the phrase “teenage suicide” at the start of this article, after introducing the suicidal pact in Bergenfield, then the author decided to take investigation and go to Bergenfield in person. There she spent two years staying with those who were called “druggies”, “burnouts” and “dirtbags”. She evaluated different factors that could possibly cause teenager to commit suicide, such as family situations, economic situations, educational environment and media.
3. From the data collected, what are the author’s most important arguments contained in the article. Thoroughly explain the data used by the author to support the arguments. The reason why teenagers commit suicide is, as the author
1. What is the central question the author is striving to answer? Where in the article did you find the question? In other words, where are they located in the article?
The main question the author tries to answer is why suburban teenagers would strive to commit suicide. What made them kill themselves and abandon this world? Are there any factors that influence them to do this suicide? The author discusses the issue of teenage suicide and why this has become such a severe growing problem in modern society.
The author asks quite a few questions to show thoughts about the teenager suicide cases not only in Bergenfield but also in many places elsewhere in the world. These questions are asked on page 10 and 11 of the book Mapping the Social Landscape, in which she asked,” did the burnouts see themselves as a community under siege?” and “ what betrayed them in the long, cold night? Was the suicide pact an act of cowardice by four ‘losers,’ or the final refuge of kids helplessly and hopelessly trapped?”
2. What are the research methods used by the author to answer the question?
The author used details, information and materials from other scientific researches and from books to explain the origin of the phrase “teenage suicide” at the start of this article, after introducing the suicidal pact in Bergenfield, then the author decided to take investigation and go to Bergenfield in person. There she spent two years staying with those who were called “druggies”, “burnouts” and “dirtbags”. She evaluated different factors that could possibly cause teenager to commit suicide, such as family situations, economic situations, educational environment and media.
3. From the data collected, what are the author’s most important arguments contained in the article. Thoroughly explain the data used by the author to support the arguments. The reason why teenagers commit suicide is, as the author