[Week IV] Case Study: Greta

In my opinion Greta Pearson has the lowest chance of doing suicide. She is still young and she is already used to bad situations, also she is intelligent. Even though at a glance she is in a very bad situation, she won't commit suicide. There are factors from herself and her environment that will prevent that.

First one is because she is intelligent so she will think twice about committing suicide. If she commits suicide she will make people close to her sad and it means she is just escaping from her problems. She is intelligent so she will look for another solution for her problems and she can be a successful person as long she does well in school. She is also not depressed or showing signs of hopelessness.

The second one is she lives alone with her mother. Her father left her when she was 4 and her mother is a drunk. Even though her mother is a drunk, it isn't stated that she beats Greta so I'm sure her mother just doesn't care at all. If Greta commits suicide her mother will be left alone and maybe she will commit suicide too.

The third factor is she has several close girlfriends and I believe these friends will support Greta no matter what happens to her. She can also ask her friends for some advice. These friends won't abandon Greta because they are close friends, if they are just ordinary friends maybe they will abandon her. Another reason is Greta will make her friends sad if she commits suicide.

In conclusion these factors will help Greta not committing suicide. Greta still has people that supports her and they will make Greta fells better so she has strength to continue her life.

[Week IV] Case study: Greta (suicide case)

This case is talking about a girl named Greta Pearson, she is only 16 years old where she has just known that she is pregnant. Unfortunately her boyfriend has just breakup with her because of another girlfriend. She has only a mother although her father is still alive but she has not seen him since she was 4 years old, her mother is jobless and she spends her time drinking in front of the television and Greta does not has brothers or sisters but she has several close girlfriends.

In this case about teenage suicide case, i do not think that Greta will do such that thing because she is still young although her family is not in a good condition. In this case Greta should ask some suggestion from her friends but the first thing that she should do is to tell her mother about what has happened to her although her mother may be does not care about her but It is not wrong to ask her mother first.

This kind of case could not be solved by single person because It's a big problem for Greta, that is why She need to solve this problem by seeing her ex-boyfriend parents and find the solutions there.If they can not find the final way, they can see a judge to help them because it is a kind of crime towards girl like Greta.

In conclusion, Greta will not do suicide because she is still young and she has a mother and some close friends who can support her to solve her problem. This kind of case could not be solved by a single person so people who face this kind of case should solve this problem
together between her and the boyfriend.

[Week IV] Case study: Greta Pearson

As for my view about the five cases of possible suicide attempts, Greta Pearson’s case is likely the lowest possibility suicide attempt since she still has hope left to continue with her life. Greta Pearson is a 16 years old intelligent girl who just discovered that she is pregnant. She lives alone with her mother who is alcoholic and her father had left when Greta was still 4 years old. She also has several close female friends at her school and has no longer relationship with her boyfriend who dumped her for another girl. There are several reasons why she can continue with her life.

First, she’s intelligent. She’s smart with her studies as stated in her case source, but it also means that she’s clever with other things. So she can figure out a way to solve this problem. She can either sue her boyfriend since he’s responsible for making her pregnant even if they’re not together anymore.

Secondly, different countries have different regulations. Some of the countries in the world allow students to continue to go to school even though she is pregnant. If she lives in that country, it will make things easier for her. But if she doesn’t live in that country, she can quit her school and start a new life with her baby while trying to earn a job.

Lastly, she has several close friends. Even though some of her friends might turn down on her, she still has her close friends. Even her mother is alcoholic and her father left home; she still has her close friends to support her. Most girls matured a lot faster than boys so they can keep their promise and help Greta with the baby such as lending their money and take turns on taking care of the baby.

However, she also has the right to decide on her own. She can either quit school and starts a new life as a mother of a son or daughter or continue on with her school along with her baby.

[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.

[Week IV] Case Study: Greta

Greta Pearson, 16, has the highest suicide risk because the circumstances revolve her aren`t make her able to get through her condition of getting pregnant before marriage. It is stated that she don`t really have a figure of a good parents to protect her. Considering the situation of her mother that is an alcoholic which spending most of her time sitting in front of the TV and her father that has left her since she was still 4 years old. She get used to not having a foundation of attention from her family since she was still an infant. Though it is a fortunate that she is an intelligent girl, at least she would have a pressure by holding another bigger responsible so sudden such as having a baby while she still has to take care of her drunk mother. Plus, her boyfriend just ignore his responsibility of what he has done to her, and has a new girlfriend instead.

First of all, elaborating that she has no figure of a good parents protecting her. It is stated that her mother has no job and she spends most of her time drunk in front of TV. Her father left her since she was 4, it is obvious that she might be not known him at all. And also it doesn`t also mean that she is able to deal with it, though maybe she hasn't shown any disappointed feeling with her family. There's a possibility that she might be depressed, but since it happens for a very long time ago, she also might be get used to such circumstance. Still, she has dried scar on her heart. She might be feel unsupported internally from her family at all.

Secondly, elaborating that she is an intelligent girl. She has several close friend who could support her 'externally'. She is obviously needs friends to talk about her anxiety. And about her intelligence, she is actually intelligent in academic. Fortunately, she will be able to handle this with her logic. But, that is all. High school is harsh, her other friends would talk about it, and might be said something that is not proper. There will be gossip about her and some of them would developing too much and create another conflict. This kind of situation would make her more under pressure of what she has happend to her.

The last but not the least, elaborating the useless boyfriend she had. She nearly has plenty of people to hold on to. Her past boyfriend just dump her and find another girlfriend. It is obvious that she is moaning in her distress about her irresponsible boyfriend.

Overall, she would feel in her greatest misery where no one is there to help her, at least no one would truly be able to help healing her wound in this kind of circumstance. Maybe it is not stated that she's in such condition above, and she looks like she's able to deal with it, but deep in her heart, I believe, at least, she would feel all the sad thing I`ve mentioned above.

[Week IV] Case study: Greta

From my point of view, Greta's case has the highest chance that she will commit suicide. First of all, when she knew that she is pregnant, her boyfriend left her and went away with another girl, so surely that she will feel so sad about it, because at the most important time that she need him, he left her just like that. Secondly, her mother is an alcoholic, so her mother usually feel unconscious for what she had done, she even might bring more disasters for Greta because of her actions.

Not just that, when Greta was 4, she was left by her father, this must be very hard for her because everyone need both the figure of a father and the figure of a mother, not just one of them. After that, although she have some close friends that can help her, her friends have some limits too and her friends just can give her sympathy not empathy because her friends don't experience the same situation as hers.

In conclusion, she almost has no-one to stand beside her in this critical situation and no matter how strong she can be, every person needs someone who can help. Even though she is intelligent, people tend to think unclearly in this kind of situation which includes Greta, and that can lead her to suicide.

[Week IV] Case study: Greta

In my opinion, among all of the cases of possibilities of attempt to commit suicide in my task that my lecturer gave to my class, the first case has the lowest possibilities to commit suicide, which is Greta Pearson's case. Her case is that she's only 16 years old and intelligent but already pregnant. Her mom has no job and alcoholic. Her dad left them when she was 4 and her mother never remarried. She is the only child in the family but she has some close girlfriends. She has no more relationship with her boyfriend. And I think that this case has the lowest risks, because in my opinion she can through this very well.

First of all, she is an intelligent girl even though from the source is stated that "she does well on her school", doesn't mean that she is only smart in the academic way, but intelligent, generally means that she is smart to do what is the best for herself. So she can just sue the guy that made her pregnant to even if they do not live together at least still give her money for the baby's life's fee. If he refuse to give helps, she can put him into a jail. And despite it doesn't help her financially at least it helps her emotionally with a little feeling of satisfaction.

Second, some countries allow people whom pregnant to go to school and learn like normal kids but the others don't. If she lives in a country that doesn't, she can just wait until the baby is born, continue her school after that, and get a job. and if she lives in a country who does, it is even more easier, she can graduated from her school and get a job faster. But of course she will get much pressure from her schoolmate about her bad reputation, but as she is an intelligent girl, i think she can handle the temporary pressure just until she finish her school. Generally people finish their high school in the age around 17-19 but some of the people finish their high school even faster, especially for them who does good in their school, like her. And a smart girl like her actually can get a proper job after finishing her high school.

Third, in the source is also stated that "she has several close girlfriends", it doesn't say the exact amount of her close girlfriends, so it could be approximately 4 and 6. And according to the relationship of close friends, i think she can keep borrow money from her friends for the baby's life's fee until she gets a job. Of course friends also have limitations, but then she can make a deal to their friends like giving the money back soon after she is capable of doing that.

[Week IV] Study case

Greta Pearson is 16 years old girl and she has just discovered that she is pregnant. Her father left her and her mother since she was 4 years old. Her mother is an alcoholic and always drunk in front of television,so she never take care her child and Greta doesn't have any brother and sister. Greta is an intelligent girl and have some close friends. Her boyfriend who also 16 left her two weeks ago and find another girlfriend.

Based on the fact that I mention at the first paragraph,I think Greta Pearson has the highest change to commit suicide. First of all ,she just 16 years old and she is pregnant. When she need her boyfriend ,he already left her and go with other girl. I think she is really sad and disappointed with her boyfriend. It's already a shock for her.Secondly her mother couldn't help her to get out from her problems because her mother always drunk all the time.She also can't continue her study as a clever student it is also a big waste for her future.

In short,Greta Pearson has big chance to commit suicide because of she had a big pressure and no one could help her to get out from her problem.She also didn't have any support from her parents.

[Week IV] Belated study case

In this case about teenage suicide case, i think that Greta has the lowest probability to commit suicide because she has several reasons for not doing that.


First of all, Gretha is a intelligent person. An intelligent person will think twice before he/she act, and Gretha will realize that committing suicide is not a good idea because it won't solve any problem.


Second reason is her father already left them since Gretha still a kid. That makes her mother become an alcoholic whom always spend her time in front of TV while drinking alcohol. Eventhough her mom turned into an alcoholic person, her mother didn't commit suicide. That will be an example for Gretha, and a reason for Gretha to not commit suicide because if she suicide, nobody will take care for her mother.


The third reason why Gretha won't commit suicide is because her closefriends. We know that now Gretha is in a critical condition which is easily motivated to commit suicide, but we also know that Gretha has several closefriends. We can assume that Gretha's closefriends won't let Gretha to commit suicide. They'll encourage Gretha up. They'll try as hard as they can to convince Gretha not to commit suicide, Because That's what friends for..


However, we only can guess what Gretha will do because her life is her choice. She can do whatever she want whether she choose to do abortion or to live her life with her baby.

[Week IV] Instruction - Case study: Greta

Week IV

Case study: Greta's case