In the poem “Suicide Note” written by Janice Mirikitani it tells a story of a college student who happens to be a girl. This girl did not feel that she was consider enough for her parents. She constantly recited the same lines throughout the poem “not good enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough” (3) It appears that her parents were very hard on her despite her always doing the best she could.” I’ve worked very hard” (7) She often thought that if she would have been born a boy her parents would be happy and love her no matter what. “If only I were a son” (10) The pressure her parents put on her to excel in school and in life in general was too much for her. She felt she could no longer handle the criticism from them and took her life to
