Sydney Barish is a senior at the Eleanor Roosevelt High School, a relatively small public school based in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. She enjoys writing and exploring techniques to make reading a sensory experience as well as an intellectual one. Sydney also enjoys creating art, whether in the form of writing, painting, or music and loves to share it with her peers.
*Please Note: This piece contains content about suicide.* After her brother’s suicide, Ophelia contemplates what it means to take your own life and who is accountable.
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