Symbolic Interactionism
Nogalada, Edith
Sir Dominic Dalisay
SOCI 1013
October 13, 2011
When we speak about suicide in our minds, the possibility of the death is opened, and with it, the motives that possibly can drive us to the imperious thought of ending life in a "voluntary" way. In them there would surely be desperation, distress, isolation, lack of sense of life, hopelessness, misery, frustration and many other meanings related to fatality. However, it would not be appropriate to think about them as the only trigger factors of the decision to commit suicide; thus, it�s appropriate to mention that suicide could be incited by other kind of factors like desire and pleasant thoughts. This situation ...
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think about it as distant possibility. Second, this meaning has its origins from relations that every person has with others, that is to say, of his/her interaction with them. Suicide, is not an individual construction, it�s a social construction, meaning that is immersed in a world that surrounds the subject who commits the action. This world is composed by objects, many of which can only be presented through language, because it is the only way for us to communicate our meanings, and still be able to realize those things that are absent in time and space. It can be said then, that signs and meanings can be produced through language which allows us to transmit to others and ourselves our ideas about something and of course suicide. Third, these meanings can be changed by a process of interpretation that every person can carry out (Blumer 1982:2). In this way, the suicide in each person can have lots of meanings, depending on the situation that they are facing at the moment. ...
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