Unbearable Pressure: Suicide note, Janice Miriktani
Many Asian-American parents push their children to succeed. Often their children feel the pressure is too much to handle. In some cases, as this young women feels the pressure of her parents has become too much for her. She feels as though she has disappointed her parents as she is not able to have a four point grade average.
In her suicide note, this young Asian-American woman is apologizing to her parents for not working hard enough. She works hard but “not good enough”. She apologizes for not being “strong enough, pretty enough or smart enough” She can not ta
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ke the feel of disapproval and disappointment from her parents. When she is dead she wants to be buried beneath the pine tree, to show how she wished to be sturdy as the pine tree. The child then, feels as though they are weak and worthless. In truth she can not live with the disappointment. She has sinned against her parents, and as punishment, she is going to jump. She feels as if, she needs to end her life because she is not good enough to be alive. Parents often have expectations for their children, which exceeds the child’s ability. ” Maybe if she were a son she would be better in school and make her parents proud. I would see the light in my mother’s eyes, or the golden pride of my father’s dream . Parents have a great deal of affect on their children’s lives.
Approximate Word count =
433
Approximate Pages =
2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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