red their feeling when they tried to communicate feelings of unhappiness, frustration, or failure. In return the teen becomes isolated and thinks no one will listen to them; the teenager becomes very angry. The teen just wants to be loved and accepted, not rejected. Homosexuals have an increased risk of suicide because they feel rejected by family and members of his or her community. According to Bruce Bongar, "lack of support or overt rejection of a person who is predominantly homosexual leads to a sense that the world will never be safe for him or her, and that it will be impossible to live and love openly, as can those who are predominantly heterosexual"(187). Their world starts crumble and the feeling of hopeless, and depression begins. Thus the thoughts of suicide occur.
             Paul's Case was about a teenage boy named Paul who was a rather depressed person for a large portion of the story. It is safe to say that Paul had several suicidal and homosexual tendencies. He was extremely introverted, dissatisfied with his life and felt isolated almost all of the time, as if no one could understand the way he felt. However, Paul never attempted suicide up to this point because his defense mechanisms kept the terrors of his life in check. These mechanisms included his vivid imagination, a strong sense of humor, and the music of Carnegie Hall. These effects kept Paul's li
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