Suicide In The Movie Cyberbully

The movie Cyberbully is about a high school girl, named Taylor, who joins a popular
social media website, Clicksters. Taylor ends up getting tormented so
horribly, that she attempts suicide. After the fact, Taylor’s mother decides to
try and make a change in the way people treat suicide. She starts off by confronting
one of Taylor’s bully’s father, telling him that Taylor has attempted to commit
suicide partially due to his daughter, and he replies by saying his daughter
has freedom of speech. Her mom, after getting the door slammed in her face,
then proceeded to tell Taylor’s principal what happened. He tells her that
there is nothing that he can do about it, unless Taylor was physically bullied
in the school. She does this with the police

and gets the same reply, and the
cycle continues. Taylor’s mother shows how people do not make as big of a deal
about suicide as they should. If someone’s words, whether it be online or in
person, harm another to the point where they try to take their own life, they
should have some sort of punishment for that. Teens may not understand how
their words affect others, and the person being affected may not have the guts
to speak up about it to other teens. Adults have a better experience with those
situations, and should be able to take action and help the suicidal victim,
rather than telling them there is nothing they can do.

Section 4
According to an article written by Daniel Reidenberg, every year in America, there are over thirty-four thousand deaths due to suicide. Every thirty-eight seconds there is a person attempting to take their own life. Every fifteen minutes, someone succeeds in their attempt of suicide. Reidenberg mentions that in the last decade, the number of deaths by suicide has increased. He states that we, the people of America, need to take mental illnesses more seriously. They are just as bad as any other disease, just a disease that unfortunately lands in the brain and changes one’s “thoughts, feelings, and behavior.” Mental illnesses are a huge cause of suicide. According to a presentation made by Dr. Lakshmi Vijayakumar, the suicide rates in the Americas have increased by forty percent since 2000. Marsha Linehan preaches about how the suicide rates today are the highest they have ever been. Linehan, Dr. Vijayakumar and Reidenberg, despite being unable to predict the future of suicide rates, all know that without a change in the way we treat it,

suicide will continue to increase the number of suicides a year. Linehan and Reidenberg both mention that they have seen people lose hope, and that they have helped people regain their hope. They have also seen people lose their hope, without getting it back. They have experience in how suicidal people feel, and know that it is preventable. What they, I, and many others want to know is that if it is so easy to prevent, why are the rates increasing?