"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."
- Gustave Flaubert
It's A Wonderful Life was the performance we put on for the fall play and went very well. I was a member of the cast as Mr. Martini. Before the play begins, Mrs. T gives a message about how if you're dealing with depression or suicidal thoughts to seek help, because this play deal with suicidal thoughts and actions. In the play George Bailey is going to kill himself so that his family will get the insurance money to pay for the $8,000 his uncle lost. Around 800,000 to 1,000,000 people die from suicide every year. That's about one suicide every 40 seconds, making suicide the 2nd leading cause of death. This is a very serious issue and taking opportunities to be a part of something with this message and showing people that they are not alone is very important and very gratifying.
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The debate about whether a murderer is born or made is still a strong debate among scientists. To many people, with serial killers and other criminals, it is obvious that they have an unhealthy mental state, condition, or disease that leads them to destruction and taking the lives of innocent people along with them. But to others, it seems more likely that the similar characteristics of criminals pasts and childhoods is the reason for their foul play; past sexual abuse, physical abuse, etc. is to blame for their crime. Either way though, it seems that therapy, and maybe even an institution where they can be kept from the public, is necessary. Although in the situation of these two young girls, with how young they are, I can’t help but to believe that a more simple approach could have prevented their actions. I don’t know the personal home and life situations of these two girls, but it seems to me that if these girls knew they were loved and adored by their parents, family, and friends, that maybe they wouldn’t have felt the need to turn to Satan as something to look up to. If they knew the love and mercy of God, maybe they would have loved the 15 lives they planned to take as their own, because obviously they didn’t love other people or themselves. Resources |
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