Eugene O'neil

The Suicide Diaries Eugene O'neil

Life is about the choices that are made with the cards which have been dealt. When the cards have all been dealt and played, the total sum of the choices defines a life that was lived. What distinguishes a happy life from an unhappy life? Reaction to events in life ultimately contribute to either happiness or unhappiness. There are a myriad of reactions one can exercise to react to an event that presents itself in life, and every life is therefore unique. Though the possible reactions are infinite, one act is always possible?suicide. Suicide is a choice that is always available, it is a constant possibility that is distinctly human and part of the construct of humanity itself. It is always available as an option, as a reaction, or a solution to an event. Rarely an event that arises without provocation, suicide is a decision to bring the contents of one?s life to a conclusion. The Suicide Diaries is a collection of stories that investigates a handful of people and their expression of humanity; examining the construction and culmination of the mindset that has brought about the choice to react with suicide as the final act in the experience of life.