A Happy Death

In discussions of Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal, one controversial issue has been about the inescapable realities of death and becoming old. On the one hand, Gawande believes that when a person becomes old or near death, the surgeries and spending money on medicines ‘to keep them alive’ are not the best solution and it can complicate ones situation. The best way is to have the support of your loved ones to help get through tough times after surgeries or becoming old. On the other hand,…

Death and Dying To live like you are dying is hard. Hearing that I would have 3-6 months to live is a scary thing to think about. No one wants to hear and believe that they can die at any time. It happens more than we think, whether it is a car accident or a terminal disease death happens all the time. At times I find myself pondering “what would I do, what would I change if I found out I was dying”. I do not want to get to that point in my life where I wished I did something different. I…

birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease. Each day in our nation there is an average of over 3,470 attempts by young people between 9th and 12th grade. Every 12.3 minutes there is a death caused by suicide in the United States, and every 40 seconds there is a death caused by suicide worldwide. Every year suicide takes 38,000 lives. According to The Jason Foundation, “It is difficult for adults to…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In these three works the former concept is thoroughly discussed. These books revolve around the question of death and how it can affect people’s lives currently. A common theme amongst these books is the depressing, dull picture of a life that is not lived in surrender to God Almighty. In The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy outlines White’s desire to escape into a world of nothingness. White…

Late Adulthood and Death Late adulthood and death are our last parts of life and be filled with joy, love, and laughter, like any other time of our lives. We learn the importance of life, relationships, health, and the acceptance of death. Ageism Like any other age group, gender, or race there are false assumptions about old age; like they are cranky and dependent. These stereotypes are often found from ageism. Ageism is a form of prejudice in which people are categorized and judged solely…

Blaire Lewis Gary Boyer ENG 112 14 June 2017 Death as a Figure Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson is an emotional poem that utilizes personification, foreshadowing, and metaphors to enhance the meaning. This piece of literature stood out to me due to its syntax, form and interesting theme of mortality, along with the opposing force of immortality. It’s not until the end of the poem that you find out the story is told within the speaker’s memories of afterlife, for the…

forever. However nobody ever thinks about the long term impact that this death has on people who were close to the victim or people who are close to those affected after the death. In the novel Rebecca, many people are greatly affected by her death. Her husband Maxim was deeply mortified by her death because he had killed her and he had to live with that knowledge every day. Another character who was affected by Rebecca's death was the narrator, although she never met Rebecca, she falls in love…

Teen suicide is the third leading cause of death in youth 10-24 years of age in the United States according to a teen depression article on” MedicineNet.com”. I’m not going to be talking about suicide and how bad it is i'm only bringing it up because it is something that has to do with Holden, a character in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden in the book did try to commit suicide, not because he is crazy but because of everything that surrounds him and how the society then treated him as a person…

war, that caused her to become herself again. This is shown when after all the killing she has done, she refused to kill an innocent man and went against her commander's orders. At the end of the story Arrow accepted her death after disobeying her commander’s orders and she died happy because she died as Alisa not as Arrow. Music impacted the civilians because while the city was going…

attitude or perspective on life itself. Two of the most defining experiences in my life happened around the same time, sophomore year. My life changed so much just within the course of a few months. One of these signature moments in my life was a happy one, the other, the worst thing I’ve ever had to go through. There are two days of my life that I will never forget because they both had a huge impact on me. I will never forget the day my nephew was born and I will never forget the day my dog…