15.00

20.00

25.00

18 to 20

21 to 24

25 to 34

Percentages Reporting

Suicide Plans and Attempts among Adults Aged 18 or Older from 2004-

2005

0.00

5.00

10.00

Made Suicide Plan Attempted Suicide

25 to 34

35 to 54

55 or Older

It’s surprising just how many people take their lives for granted. The saw series touches upon several different

subjects, adding twists, turns, and terror to the movie while stressing the

importance of embracing and cherishing your life. Throughout the

four instalments, we have seen traps set for drug users, murderers, rapists, and for drug users, murderers, rapists, and

all sorts of other abusers who are forced to either sacrifice some part of

themselves for the chance to live. This take on horror movies is oddly

refreshing, bringing an actual meaning to the brutal slaughter films that are

popular in today’s theatres.

The mindset of the infamous Jigsaw is simple to understand if you look past his drastic measures to get his point across. Being a terminally ill cancer patient, Jigsaw

values every second of his existence and loathes those lucky enough to have their whole lives ahead of them. With this thinking in mind, Jigsaw brings the audience to the horrifying realization that he will play God and give his victims the choice to

live or die if they agree to repent for their past lives. Jigsaw, although a wanted criminal, considers his actions not to be evil, and instead insists that he gives all of

his victims the choice to live or die.

All of his traps seem to form a series of twists and turns, those that both shock and scare the audience and those that wrap up the movie, yet bring forth

more questions to be answered in future instalments.

The traps that Jigsaw sets always seem to relate to the victim’s ‘problems’, giving an exaggerated form of the

actions the victim takes when doing the crime. For actions the victim takes when doing the crime. For example, in the second film, a drug user was forced to look through a pit of broken, used needles in order to

find an antidote to a poison running through his veins.

The SAW films have built up a

huge fan base, not just

from it’s gore, but from it’s meaning as

A fan review from the website rottontomatoes.com reads:“.... “choice” is presented as Jigsaw’s way of forcing people to

appreciate the value of human life. We shouldn’t take precious life for granted, and he’s out to teach us all a

lesson. It’s brilliant.”

well.

Plotline & Meaning of SAW IV

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Not as good as the others

Horrible

� The series is an overall Halloween favourite, loved by thousands of people who show up to every premiere each year a new film comes out. Some watch the film for the intriguing plot and clever twists, while some just enjoy the horror aspect of the film. However, although many people have different reasons for seeing the film, the message does its job in effecting everyone in the theatre and suggests that we in effecting everyone in the theatre and suggests that we cherish our lives, because they could be taken away at any moment.

So, LIVE OR DIE, MAKE YOUR

CHOICE.

WORKS CITEDhttp://radmusic.tblog.jp/

http://www.eatmybrains.com

http://movies.infinitecoolness.com

http://www.thecia.com.au/

STATISTICS FROMhttp://www.pollsb.com/polls/view/3377/saw-iv

http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k6/suicide/suicide.htm