Analysis Of Dying To Be Me By Anita Moorjani

Life, a beautiful lie that everyone wants to believe lasts forever. Death, a certain ugly truth that no one wants to believe actually exists, because with death, there is pain. Not just pain for the sick, but a pain left unbearable for the survivors. Anita Moorjani, a woman who has experienced both, and shares her story with the world. In her book, “Dying to Be Me,” Anita discusses her life before cancer, during cancer, and death after cancer. Isn’t it hard to believe that one could come back from such a thing as the hands of death? For someone to go from cold and lifeless, back to warm and glowing? In a seemingly “impossible” way, Anita escaped these hands that gripped her. She is now able to live her life cancer free.
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As Anita aged, her mother and father slowly, but gently, pushed marriage upon her. Setting her up with sons of their friend’s, but according to Anita this practice just was not for her. She wanted to go to school, to have an education. After being set up with several guys, she felt she found the right one and was engaged. Later, closer to the wedding date, she decided she did not fit the mold that he and his parent’s wanted, the wedding was canceled. In my opinion, one should have a say in who they marry and who they do not. For all the parents know, the person they choose for their child could possibly be mentally or physically abusive. I do not agree with this practice, but that is just my opinion on it. I’m just certainly glad that Anita eventually found her true love. The first school Anita attended was a Catholic school that was run by nuns. The building was three stories high and at the top it was crowned with a domed chapel. The school was also within walking distance of Anita’s home. She was required to wear a uniform that consisted of a white pinafore and a navy-blue blazer with a red emblem. As discussed in the paragraph above, Anita’s feeling of not belonging started when a fellow classmate asked