Most chapters hinge on an idea or character, beginning with Mr. Hitchens's mother, an emotionally volatile figure who hid her Jewish identity from her family, and his father, a commander in Britain's Royal Navy.

WSJ: Christopher Hitchens: Memoir Musings

In general, self-injury is usually the result of an inability to cope in healthy ways with psychological pain related to issues of personal identity and having difficulty "finding one's place" in family and society.

CNN: Self-injury/cutting

He says netizens speculating over the student's identity are being "disrespectful" towards the request for anonymity from the deceased's family.

BBC: China media: Boston victim mourned