Death is an end. Death is a final note in a song, or a final sentence in a book. Most people fear death and cannot come to terms with what death really is. If a book had no ending would any one read it? Without death there is no tale and there is no importance in the life that people live. Death gives meaning to the world around us and it need not be feared as much as people believe. If time were not relevant to a life, that life would not hold the same meaning as a life that has an ending. In the poem “Peace” by Rupert Brooke explains the importance of death within life. It points out both the positives and negatives of death. Within the book, The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane shows the deeper understanding of death that grows with age
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Crane approaches death as something young people are quite naive to. In chapter VII Henry is coming to focus of him running away from the war. As he was self-loathing he threw a pinecone at a squirrel; Crane then writes, “The squirrel, immediately upon recognizing danger, had taken to his legs without ado” (pp 34). This is an analogy for how he ran away from the war, and war is full death. Henry ran away from death like a squirrel. He goes on to explain that he is proud of running away, because the “great” squirrel ran away too. This proves the ignorance of being young and facing death. The simple matter is people are not ready for it. They run in fear of death from a young age and truly do not understand …show more content…
However, the poem highlights that death is both an ending of agony and the reason for most of the agony that occurs. There is a funny coincidence where death plays both roles. Furthermore, the book The Red Badge of Courage, describes a relation to death as a deeper understanding through life experiences. Crane describes death as something that takes time to fully earn and accept. He shows that life is basically a way for everyone to come together. Life is important of the death that people experience. Also, death is constantly playing a role in life and with each experience people learn to accept what death really
Crane approaches death as something young people are quite naive to. In chapter VII Henry is coming to focus of him running away from the war. As he was self-loathing he threw a pinecone at a squirrel; Crane then writes, “The squirrel, immediately upon recognizing danger, had taken to his legs without ado” (pp 34). This is an analogy for how he ran away from the war, and war is full death. Henry ran away from death like a squirrel. He goes on to explain that he is proud of running away, because the “great” squirrel ran away too. This proves the ignorance of being young and facing death. The simple matter is people are not ready for it. They run in fear of death from a young age and truly do not understand …show more content…
However, the poem highlights that death is both an ending of agony and the reason for most of the agony that occurs. There is a funny coincidence where death plays both roles. Furthermore, the book The Red Badge of Courage, describes a relation to death as a deeper understanding through life experiences. Crane describes death as something that takes time to fully earn and accept. He shows that life is basically a way for everyone to come together. Life is important of the death that people experience. Also, death is constantly playing a role in life and with each experience people learn to accept what death really