Mr Pausch Reflection

I believe this book relates to this class because, like this class Mr. Pausch shows us that we can speak openly about death and work through any issues we may have related to it. For example, in his book he spoke about how his cancer diagnosis had given him the time to have important, open conversations with his wife that he would not have been able to have if he had died abruptly. He also spoke about how well she was coping and how she was doing due to having these open conversations. Like his wife, I feel that the more we talk about death and dying in this class we too can develop better coping methods and learn how to speak more openly about death.
In many cultures talking about death can be very uncomfortable and may cause people to avoid