Whether we acknowledge it or not, most of us fear death. Death remains a great mystery, one of the central issues with which religion and philosophy and science have wrestled since the beginning of human history. Even though dying is a natural part of existence, American culture is unique in the extent to which death is viewed as a taboo topic. Jessica Mitford’s Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ On the Fear of Death are two readings that have two different point-of-views on death. We tend to view death as a feared enemy that can and should be defeated by modern medicine and machines. But death is something that the living cannot control.
Firstly, we create defense mechanisms to protect ourselves and to help up cope …show more content…
We care more about the appearance, how smoothly the funeral vent and how much money we spent on a dead person rather than the dead person himself. One example of this is embalming; “the purpose of embalming is to make the corpse presentable for viewing” ( Jessica Mitford’s, ). Embalming has no religious or spiritual reason behind it. It is to get “attention to the corpse…and make it presentable for viewing in an attitude of healthy repose.” (Jessica Mitford’s, ). Another example is caskets. It’s funny how much the funeral house rips you off by giving you choices for caskets. The casket for burial can “range from $ 650 (for the basic burial vault) to $ 7,880 for the Wilbert Bronze Triple-Reinforced Burial Vault offering premium protection” (Tanya D. Marsh, p2). Everyone will die at one point but there death doesn’t have to a fashion show and to make them look like something they are …show more content…
For this flu there are ways to slow it down but not kill it. By passing of generations people care more about death. But the fear of dying from age has become less concerning as dying from an accident or homicide. Dying from age has been reduced thanks to the medical advancements. The medical advancements epically in North America is top notch that people care less about dying from a heart attack and more from a building falling on them. All of this fear is from our unconscious, “in our unconscious mind we can only be killed; it is inconceivable to die of 1 a natural cause or of old age” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, ). When a person dies, humans have a fear of burring them alive and that’s why when embalmers are embalming the body after death, they remove the blood from the vein and “chemical is injected…to dispel fears of live burial. How true; once the blood is removed, the chances of live burial are indeed remote.” (Jessica Mitford’s, ). Fear of death put on alert of it but it also controls you, so learning to control and see your fears will live to a better
Firstly, we create defense mechanisms to protect ourselves and to help up cope …show more content…
We care more about the appearance, how smoothly the funeral vent and how much money we spent on a dead person rather than the dead person himself. One example of this is embalming; “the purpose of embalming is to make the corpse presentable for viewing” ( Jessica Mitford’s, ). Embalming has no religious or spiritual reason behind it. It is to get “attention to the corpse…and make it presentable for viewing in an attitude of healthy repose.” (Jessica Mitford’s, ). Another example is caskets. It’s funny how much the funeral house rips you off by giving you choices for caskets. The casket for burial can “range from $ 650 (for the basic burial vault) to $ 7,880 for the Wilbert Bronze Triple-Reinforced Burial Vault offering premium protection” (Tanya D. Marsh, p2). Everyone will die at one point but there death doesn’t have to a fashion show and to make them look like something they are …show more content…
For this flu there are ways to slow it down but not kill it. By passing of generations people care more about death. But the fear of dying from age has become less concerning as dying from an accident or homicide. Dying from age has been reduced thanks to the medical advancements. The medical advancements epically in North America is top notch that people care less about dying from a heart attack and more from a building falling on them. All of this fear is from our unconscious, “in our unconscious mind we can only be killed; it is inconceivable to die of 1 a natural cause or of old age” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, ). When a person dies, humans have a fear of burring them alive and that’s why when embalmers are embalming the body after death, they remove the blood from the vein and “chemical is injected…to dispel fears of live burial. How true; once the blood is removed, the chances of live burial are indeed remote.” (Jessica Mitford’s, ). Fear of death put on alert of it but it also controls you, so learning to control and see your fears will live to a better