Please answer the following questions in your reflection essay. Make sure to answer all parts of the question, and organize your response in a clear and organized way.

1, According to Durkheim, what is the relationship between the suicide and the psychopathic state? What evidence has Durkheim provided to support the relation, or the lack of, between suicide and the psychopathic state in the article?

2, Robert Putnam talked about the decline of social capital in the US. What does he mean by “social capital”? What are the consequences of declining social capital?

3, Given Durkheim’s interest in suicide and Putnam’s concern with social capital, could there be any relationship between suicide and social capital? If your answer is “yes”, what is the relationship, and why so? If your answer is “no”, what are your reasons?