Good Times Literary Analysis

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget"-G. Randolf. In the story "Good Times" by Rion Amilcar Scott the quote by G. Randolf relates to Rashid and Walter friendship by the way they became friends. They became close friends based on Walter saving Rashid life and bonded off his mistakes he experienced throughout life. In the story "Good Times" one of the main characters Rashid tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from his balcony when Walter notices him and save his life by cutting the rope. Rashid thanks, Walter and explains that it was a mistake and he wasn 't trying to commit suicide. Rashid feels bad about what happen and talks to Walter explains that he was trying to kill himself but he

In the story "Good Times" Walter kept asking himself why would someone ever try to hang there self-off a balcony. "He next watched with an interest, and then with terror when he heard the hanging and hacking. Rashid was caught dangling from the balcony when Walter cuts the rope and save his life. Rashid than thanks, Walter and Laura and explains that it was all an accident and that he got tangled in the ropes. "Thank you, Walter, I got tangled in the rope. I thought that was it – You got tangled? You telling me you weren 't trying to hang yourself? Hang myself? Commit suicide? Naw. Naw. Hell no. I got tangled in the rope trying to fix the wood up there." -Rion Scott Rashid and Walter friendship are strained because they became friends from Rashid dissatisfaction with life and Walter 's loneliness, it happened to help Rashid realize the reasons why he shouldn 't take his life being his wife and son. As of 2015, the annual age-adjusted suicide rate is 13.26 per 100,000 individuals. Men die by suicide 3.5x more often than women, and on average, there are 121 suicides per day. (Suicide Statistics 1) Today when people lose their life from committing suicide, it is stated that 4:1 people have committed suicide in 2015. If someone is you know is trying to commit suicide there are three ways to help them being talking to them, care for them and ask for