A Happy Death

Holden reflects on the time he destroyed his garage after Allie’s death and realizes “My hand still hurts me once in a while when it rains and all” (Salinger 39). Enraged by his brother’s death, Holden destroys his garage and seriously damages his hand. Salinger reveals the pain in Holden’s heart over Allie’s death and that on rainy days, his hand hurts which symbolizes anguish and misery for Holden. At the age of 13, the death of his brother shatters Holden’s world and depression takes over his…

for some people just being able to decide from a personal standpoint on whether or not to suffer and fight through a terminal illness or to end life in a happy and peaceful way can bring a lot of relief to how they will continue on with life. Scott Mendelson asked “on what basis do we force an individual to continue to suffer an excruciatingly painful existence in which there is no longer any hope, comfort…

In Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka, the characters perceive the idea of death differently, creating a conflict between two different cultures within the play. One sees self-immolation as an inhuman and barbaric act and the other one as a ritual that will bring balance to the world. Considering Soyinka’s play in light of Ted Hughes’ essay, “Myth and Education”, the ideology of death reflects as an “ancient story” (Hughes 41) that is meaningful to Elesin and the other Yoruba…

earth’s surface, and the citizens of this country put messages into the rift in order to talk to their deceased loved ones. This story is very appealing because who wouldn’t want to continue to talk to the people they love even after they die? With death comes grief. The thought of never being able to see or speak to people who were once so uniform in your life is devastating. It takes a long time to get completely used to the fact that they are gone for good, but if you are still able to…

when up because they allowed ‘assisted’ suicide to be legal. Some of the people will recover from their terminal illness with the right treatment when they are condiment to death.…

Have you ever felt so happy about something, that when you found out it wasn’t true, you felt like dying? Well, that’s what happened to Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour”. Mrs. Mallard’s sister came home to tell her that her husband had died. It was an arranged marriage, so she wasn’t really too upset about it. At first she felt pretty bad, but then she realized that she was free. He had been controlling her ever since they got married. She started getting really excited, but when she came…

source of most of her troubles and yet they are the driving force of her life. Linda’s main motivation is her love for Willy and the fear of his death and this causes her to deny his mental illness and enable his abusive behavior. She is stuck in the middle of a feud between a father and son, and acts as a peacekeeper as she clings to the illusion of a happy home. Linda is motivated by love for her husband and the fear of losing him to his own mind. Linda remains blind to her husband’s…

Death is inevitable and should be accepted. In stanza two of “The Bells”, Poe mentions how the bells tell “Of the rapture that impels.” According to some believers, the rapture is the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ, which is the end of times. This means that the end of time is pushed forward by the bells. Also, in stanza three, Poe mentions that “the ear distinctly tells.” The line before says that danger is always moving, and that the people know this. This…

worked on the railroad. Her family and friends worry about her because she “…was afflicted with a heart trouble…” (Chopin 15). When her sister broke the news of his death she was only sad for a short matter of time. This short matter of time is only the beginning of the irony in the story. Louise first appears to be sad for her husband’s death, at least that is what the author wants readers to believe. Once her sister told her the news: “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her…

In the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, one of the characters named doodle got killed during the thunderstorm. The question now is whether or not it is the narrator's fault for his death. In my opinion it wasn’t the narrator's fault for Doodles death. The narrator is (his older brother) who set the odds aside for both himself and doodle achieved many miracles you could say. The odds were against little ol’ Doodle, and then they came after him. Towards the end of this story there was a Scarlet Ibis,…