Respecting the dead
151,600 people die every single day, according to the Population Reference Bureau. Both common and natural, death is something that has an impact on everyone at some point in their life. In the books “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley and “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, death frequently occurs and impacts the characters and their story. The dead deserve respected regardless of the way they lead their life or die for the sake of the family members and loved ones, all human beings deserve some respect after they die, and, because treating the dead inadequately could lead to conflict.
Everyone who passes away has some sort of family, friends or people who they have impacted. When someone in your life passes away, …show more content…
Everyone deserves, at the very least, proper after they die. After Ted Lavender’s death in “The Things They Carried” the men “stripped off Lavender’s canteens and ammo, all the heavy things, and Rat said the obvious, the guy’s dead… they wrapped Lavender in his poncho. They carried him out to a dry paddy, established security… they carried Lavender aboard,” (6). The men were grieving Lavender’s death, and they expressed their respect and recognition of Lavender’s honor when they treated him well after he died. It didn’t matter whether he was a good guy or not, he still deserved respect. Death is a very hard thing, sometimes even for those going through it themselves. The monster in Frankenstein said before his death, “‘I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly,’” (303). In this example, the monster could be considered to be evil or bad, and he has not lived an admirable life. But, he was clearly unhappy and struggling with his own life. It is hard to always know what a person is thinking or feeling, and people often don’t truly know a person. Therefore, it is important to treat people with dignity after their death like the monster in “Frankenstein”, because they might not be a terrible person after all. They deserve the respect of good treatment after death, no matter how they live their
151,600 people die every single day, according to the Population Reference Bureau. Both common and natural, death is something that has an impact on everyone at some point in their life. In the books “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley and “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, death frequently occurs and impacts the characters and their story. The dead deserve respected regardless of the way they lead their life or die for the sake of the family members and loved ones, all human beings deserve some respect after they die, and, because treating the dead inadequately could lead to conflict.
Everyone who passes away has some sort of family, friends or people who they have impacted. When someone in your life passes away, …show more content…
Everyone deserves, at the very least, proper after they die. After Ted Lavender’s death in “The Things They Carried” the men “stripped off Lavender’s canteens and ammo, all the heavy things, and Rat said the obvious, the guy’s dead… they wrapped Lavender in his poncho. They carried him out to a dry paddy, established security… they carried Lavender aboard,” (6). The men were grieving Lavender’s death, and they expressed their respect and recognition of Lavender’s honor when they treated him well after he died. It didn’t matter whether he was a good guy or not, he still deserved respect. Death is a very hard thing, sometimes even for those going through it themselves. The monster in Frankenstein said before his death, “‘I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly,’” (303). In this example, the monster could be considered to be evil or bad, and he has not lived an admirable life. But, he was clearly unhappy and struggling with his own life. It is hard to always know what a person is thinking or feeling, and people often don’t truly know a person. Therefore, it is important to treat people with dignity after their death like the monster in “Frankenstein”, because they might not be a terrible person after all. They deserve the respect of good treatment after death, no matter how they live their