[Week IV] Case study: Greta (Greta's case - Aldy)

Considering the fact that one who is in a phase of transition of becoming an adult is very emotionally unstable and the fact that one who is in his or her downfall are very prone to giving up as due to the pressures, I strongly argue that Greta Pearson's case holds the highest probability of committing suicide.

One thing to be noticed in this case, this is a real life case in which people who are in the bottom of one's life wheel are very extremely weak and this is NOT a heroic or some other heart-warming movie stories in which she can just see another reason to wake up from her downfall. The position that she is in, reminding that this is real life situation, is very critical due to several factors, including unemployed alcoholic mother, no presence of father and being left by her boyfriend.

The fact is, people commit suicide when they are alone and are not under careful watch by someone else. Suicide cases mostly fall to these depressed and unguarded people, and thus, just as Greta's currently experiencing. Imagine a situation in which she is alone in her room, feeling depressed and is unable to open her mind to rational reasons and most importantly, she is unguarded while her mom is drinking in front of the television and unaware of her daughter's condition. (take note that she just realized that she is pregnant, signs or symptoms are hardly recognizable by other people), the chance of committing suicide is very high here.

Even though she has several close friends, it's Greta's call to actually tell the news to her friends as she considers the humility factor as well as there is a chance of her friends telling it to other people. In this case, I will divide my argument into two that neglects the effect of having several close friends. Firstly, is Greta open minded enough to tell her friends and to be able to listen to rational thoughts from her friends? This is a big issue as such that it is practically useless to give suggestions to someone who is not open minded. Secondly, communication between friends, especially "several" close friends (from this word 'several' we know that Greta is not as close as the readers could imagine and not single or two or three best friends who she can really rely on.) will involve transfer of information from Greta to another individual. It is not explicitly stated, though I'm assuming here, that Greta's several close friends don't have any boyfriend. Based on the assumption that one of her close friends has a boyfriend, it is almost 100% that the girl will tell her boy friend. As the news spread around, there is a law that is called the chain linked information. This theory states that people tend to add, or to 'glamorize' a certain news. The facts will shortly turn into nonfactual gossips which in the end of the road, will adds up Greta's pressure from her classmates that enlarges the chance of committing suicide.