“It's Okay to be a Coward” Article Page Write Up
No one really understands cancer until you actually read and analyze information about it. This whole entire time I believed that if you kept on fighting cancer, you would live longer. But that's not what this article has shown me. In the article, “It’s Okay to Be a Coward About Cancer” (2017), Josh Friedman showed the insights to how such a successful and kind person could get cancer just like that. In this case kidney cancer. He has struggled with kidney cancer which he received from eating a bad burrito from the farmer’s market. Personally, I didn’t think you could receive kidney cancer from eating a bad burrito. That is honestly scary but anyways this article hits you with the realization of death. Even if you are scared of dying, there will be a point in our lives where we will die. Like he said, no one will receive a “pass” or a “get out of death” card. Many people with cancer have been told to keep on fighting, to keep on trying, but the truth is that you can’t fight cancer. You can’t battle it. Cancer is …show more content…
Cancer doesn’t care about anything, it only cares about you dying. We tell ourselves many things to help us get through the day, but just end up being lies. Many people benefit from these “lies”, but the reality is that there just lies. Josh Friedman was scared about not being able to see his son grow up. Honestly, that is the saddest part of this. "I'm a grenade," I said again. " I just want to stay away from people and read books and think" (The Fault In Our Stars, Chapter 6, Page 72). This quote from the book “The Fault In Our Stars” perfectly captures the idea of when you die, it just doesn’t hurt you, it hurts everyone. This book also shows you two people living with a type of cancer but still living their lives to the fullest. It’s a really good book you should read it but let's get back to the article! There is basically no way to stop you from
No one really understands cancer until you actually read and analyze information about it. This whole entire time I believed that if you kept on fighting cancer, you would live longer. But that's not what this article has shown me. In the article, “It’s Okay to Be a Coward About Cancer” (2017), Josh Friedman showed the insights to how such a successful and kind person could get cancer just like that. In this case kidney cancer. He has struggled with kidney cancer which he received from eating a bad burrito from the farmer’s market. Personally, I didn’t think you could receive kidney cancer from eating a bad burrito. That is honestly scary but anyways this article hits you with the realization of death. Even if you are scared of dying, there will be a point in our lives where we will die. Like he said, no one will receive a “pass” or a “get out of death” card. Many people with cancer have been told to keep on fighting, to keep on trying, but the truth is that you can’t fight cancer. You can’t battle it. Cancer is …show more content…
Cancer doesn’t care about anything, it only cares about you dying. We tell ourselves many things to help us get through the day, but just end up being lies. Many people benefit from these “lies”, but the reality is that there just lies. Josh Friedman was scared about not being able to see his son grow up. Honestly, that is the saddest part of this. "I'm a grenade," I said again. " I just want to stay away from people and read books and think" (The Fault In Our Stars, Chapter 6, Page 72). This quote from the book “The Fault In Our Stars” perfectly captures the idea of when you die, it just doesn’t hurt you, it hurts everyone. This book also shows you two people living with a type of cancer but still living their lives to the fullest. It’s a really good book you should read it but let's get back to the article! There is basically no way to stop you from