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Diane Guerro Suicide Quotes

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Passage- pg 154-155
“How can i help mami and papi when I can't even help myself…I lowered my upper body onto the cement and dozed off”

Claim-Sometimes it feels like the only option is to give up.

Rhetorical device- pathos

Analysis
Normally when suicide or self harm is mentioned our first reaction is to feel pity for them. Pity that they are unhappy, pity that they aren't enjoying life. You also feel sad. Sad that they feel sad because there is little you can do to help but in this chapter Diane Guerro doesn't want us to feel bad for her or pity her she wants us to understand how she felt she wanted us to almost be ok with it the way she was.
“As I sat Contemplating the end I wasn't scared. A peace I never sensed settled over me along with …show more content…

She feels like she has nothing left to live for and at this point in time the only ending she can see is death. Through this quote she doesn't want us to feel bad for her. She mentions how she is feeling because everyone experiences depression differently. This is how she feels about it. She wants us to be ok with her decisions and her thoughts because at the time she was ok about them. She doesn't want us to pity her for wanting to die, she wants us to see that those feelings are ok and valid. She mentions how she wasn't scared. This shows how she has come to terms with her feelings and the place her life is in. She isn't scared because in her mind there is nothing else to live for nothing to be scared of losing. If she doesn't have anything to live for nothing to lose then death will feel ok. It will feel like the only option and not only that but the best and safest option she could come up with. She mentioned how a peace settled over her. This shows that at this point in her life nothing else can save her. She made up her mind and is ok with the decision. Throughout the book one can see that Diane is a very stubborn person and once her mind is made up very little can change it- this is what has happened now she has made up her mind that she can't keep living and that death is her only

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