Dorothy Parker Doesn T Want You To Kill Yourself
Adrienne Vitelli
Mrs. Sarich
English 11h
6 March 2015
Suggestive Title Dorothy Parker is an American poet who was prevalent during the middle of the twentieth century. She was born in 1893 and she died of a heart attack in 1967. In her early life, her father sent her to the Blessed Sacrament Convent Academy after her mother died, and to deal with the unsatisfactory conditions she began to develop the the quick wit that she would eventually become famous for (Snodgrass 1). Dorothy Parker began her writing career by working for various magazines, but began to really express herself by writing columns for the New Yorker. She is also well known for being a part of the Algonquin Round Table, a celebrated group of writers in New York City. Her life began to become less pleasant and carefree after a late-term abortion and a divorce, and she eventually tried to kill herself three times in different ways. In her later life, Parker began to write for humanitarian causes and screenplays. By the time she retired, she was living alone, blind, depressed, and alcoholic (2). Many of her poems use her history of alcoholism and suicide attempts as ideas because they were very large parts of her life; they were ways of coping with her depression and past. The combination of her wit and depression gave her an interesting insight of the realities of suicide. For example, in her poem, “Resume,” Dorothy Parker uses her personal experiences with suicide to convey her ideas to her readers. Because of her difficult childhood, Dorothy Parker had severe depression and tried to kill herself three times. This gave her an impressive list of attempts.“A resume is a catalogue of someone’s accomplishments detailing one’s actions and activities. Plagued by bouts of depression, failed romances, and disillusionment, Parker had a resume that consisted of a number of failed suicide attempts.”(DeGrassi 1) Her accomplishments included slashing her wrists and. Even entire lines of the eight-line
Mrs. Sarich
English 11h
6 March 2015
Suggestive Title Dorothy Parker is an American poet who was prevalent during the middle of the twentieth century. She was born in 1893 and she died of a heart attack in 1967. In her early life, her father sent her to the Blessed Sacrament Convent Academy after her mother died, and to deal with the unsatisfactory conditions she began to develop the the quick wit that she would eventually become famous for (Snodgrass 1). Dorothy Parker began her writing career by working for various magazines, but began to really express herself by writing columns for the New Yorker. She is also well known for being a part of the Algonquin Round Table, a celebrated group of writers in New York City. Her life began to become less pleasant and carefree after a late-term abortion and a divorce, and she eventually tried to kill herself three times in different ways. In her later life, Parker began to write for humanitarian causes and screenplays. By the time she retired, she was living alone, blind, depressed, and alcoholic (2). Many of her poems use her history of alcoholism and suicide attempts as ideas because they were very large parts of her life; they were ways of coping with her depression and past. The combination of her wit and depression gave her an interesting insight of the realities of suicide. For example, in her poem, “Resume,” Dorothy Parker uses her personal experiences with suicide to convey her ideas to her readers. Because of her difficult childhood, Dorothy Parker had severe depression and tried to kill herself three times. This gave her an impressive list of attempts.“A resume is a catalogue of someone’s accomplishments detailing one’s actions and activities. Plagued by bouts of depression, failed romances, and disillusionment, Parker had a resume that consisted of a number of failed suicide attempts.”(DeGrassi 1) Her accomplishments included slashing her wrists and. Even entire lines of the eight-line
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