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…and receives a Purple Heart. He is then made the leader of a large group of soldiers. After spend time as a leader he is sent home. My favorite occurrence in the novel was when a fellow soldier committed suicide on the firing range near Joseph Ward. The soldier…

…to lose his judgement/reason and to commit sin, leading to acts of adultery, treachery, torture, treason, murder and suicide. In order to avoid becoming the victim of his own vice, man must strive to live a virtuous life. He must at all times try…

…(not excepting suicide because it is a sin because god did not control it). Calvinism to me did not make much sense. The predestined life backfires many beliefs that I have been taught. I think not everything in Calvinism is wrong, but also that Calvinism takes…

…a person a loaded gun. The patient pulls the trigger, not the doctor. If the doctor sets up the needle and syringe but lets the patient pull the plunger, that's assisted suicide. If the doctor pushed the plunger, it would be euthanasia." Dr. Kevorkian also…

…. Then, it was no surprise that when life was taken away from him, few in the media offered much compassion. Initially, most indications pointed to a probable suicide. It was no hidden fact that Cobain could have been happier. His songwriting reflected his state of mind, which…

…) Here the author compares the act of suicide among the young with the act of euthanasia with the terminally ill. He believes, in making euthanasia an acceptable social practice, it will inevitably have negative repercussions on the rest of society. The writer…

…of us have heard of a group of men called the Kamikaze. Kamikazes were "suicide" pilots. They would load an airplane with explosives and try to crash into an enemy target. Think about what must be on this pilot's mind. Imagine the tremendous love…

…as the characters themselves change. In the beginning of the story, Finny and Gene were inseparable. They were the founding members of The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. But soon, jumping out of the tree all the time got old for Gene. Finny wasn't…

…more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires combined. That is a very convincing statement of why not to start smoking. What is even more convincing than that is... every day nearly 3,000 people under the age…

…. As they were coming back up the hill, they began to realize how much they really wanted to be together. In order for them to be together, they decided they would attempt suicide. They were going to take a second run down the slope and maybe this time they would…