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Suicide In The Movie Crash

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In the 60s teen suicide was almost nonexistent, however it has been a growing problem ever since then. Donna Gaines explores this with her article Teenage Wasteland following the Bergenfield incident. Gaines conducted research to find out why these suicides were happening, and what led 4 teens to take their lives together. She found out that there is not just one sole reason to why they would take their lives; it was much more complicated then that. It can be based off of your social and personal life, economic standing, loneliness and many other factors. Since it is not just one contributing factor, but many issues putting pressure on the victim, This is a societal issue on a large scale, not an individual one, since these suicides are occurring …show more content…

The movie Crash; an academy awarded film sufficiently and precisely combines all of the viewpoints and sociological perspectives/issues together. It follows 18 different characters, each very unique, bearing different characteristics and issues that have been acquired due to societal dilemmas. These characters vary widely with gender, race, age, culture, social classes that insinuate diverse situations that shows how society has acted upon the individual, all in a negative manner. For instance the culture/language barrier between the Persian shop owner and the Hispanic locksmith creates tension between the two. The locksmith was not able to fix the door since the door was broken, however the Persian shop owner was not able to understand this because of the language/culture barrier. Because of this the shop owner decides to take out his anger in the form of violence and almost shoots he locksmiths daughter. The difference between culture and language creates violence between the two men because of the incomprehension of the other individuals culture and aspects of thought in relation to the other. If you take on this issue with a sociological imagination you would have realized this and there would have been no escalation

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