Indeed, the aspect of teenage suicides has mainly been expressed in literature, film and music. Suicide became the norm of the day with some anthropologists even arguing that suicide had become an integral part of Micronesia’s culture. Gladwell proclaims that some years later, Micronesia experienced several instances of teenage suicides that originated from disagreements between teenagers and their parents or lovers. When this particular incident happened, suicides seldom happened in Micronesia. Out of desperation, the boy leaves and eventually hangs himself. When the boy fails to come back with the knife, his father becomes angry and chases him away telling the boy never to return. One particular morning, Sima’s father orders him to go and look for a specific kind of knife in the nearest town. The chapter begins with a story of a young teenage boy in Micronesia by the name of Sima who experiences a misunderstanding with his father. In this chapter, Gladwell explores two big epidemics-suicide in the Islands of Micronesia and teenage smoking.
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