Body bag

Plastic bags drifting through the wind have many references in popular culture. From Katy Perry’s song fireworks to a random episode of Family Guy, somehow a mindless act of a piece of plastic being tossed around in the blowing wind has made an impression on today’s culture. Plastic bags, however, have been up for debate as to whether or not they should be used or banned. Some say they use up resources that we can not get back; release toxins into the air, water, and ground; kill animals that do…

way that we are able to communicate a bodily sense of ‘being-there’ (O’Neill, 2002). If we come to understand in a bodily participative way, there is a sense in which our bodies know more than we do in a specific way. Shapiro (1985) expressed, ‘I conceive of phenomena as fixed enough in their structures so that through my body I can retain them as a bodily sense and reactivate them or revivify them.’ (p.…

prior to the battle and not a lot of people knew about that place, except those in Lutheran College and Theological Seminary. Little did I know that one day there would be groans of wounded and dying in the air, and filled with shattered and dead bodies everywhere. The terrors of war only known to those who have seen and heard them. Many of fathers, brother, mothers and sisters are gone and sleep their last sleep under the grass. During that horrible fight, my civilian townsmen were as patriotic…

leads him to discover more of his body. Most of us would say that it is not unusual to see a dead body face to face due to the fact that many of us have already encountered it during funeral rights. I can say that it is true but the fact that you will study and examine it is more on to the part of the professionals and those who are strong willed persons. When I heard to…

For example, on page 206 the Warden says, “ When I was little I'd watch my parents dig holes, every weekend and holiday. When I got bigger, I had a to dig, too. Even on Christmas.“ The fact that she is still digging after all this time, shows that the Warden really is determined. Another example, is on page 77, when X-Ray finds what seems to be a lipstick tube with the initials: KB. (Though the Warden didn’t know Stanley actually uncovered it.) She proceeded to dig all around X-rays hole…

Chapter Eighteen: The Answer Was Right Under Our Nose The answer came two days later clearly etched on Seth’s pale face. “Mr. Greene’s dead.” “Did you say murdered?” I asked, thinking that after solving the great ghost caper sort of, a second high-profile case would be good publicity for agency. “No I said dead,” he insisted. “Ohhh . . .” “Twist wants us to meet him at Moons Field Manor. Come on!” he said rocketing across my yard on his faded blue bike. I grabbed my bike and cruised…

fascinated with female bodies. This is especially true of Gothic poems of the Victorian Era, such as Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue Porphyria’s Lover (first published as Porphyria, 1836) and Christina Rossetti’s disturbing children’s fable Goblin Market (composed 1859, published 1862). Each poem demonstrates that, due to societal attitudes, a woman’s body has the potential to be dangerous to her, while also possessing positive and restorative qualities; though a woman’s body is innately…

Native American mortuary practices have evolved throughout time; mortuary changes coincide with changes in technology, sedentism, and religious customs. Customs evolve over time in every facet of society; however, mortuary practices are often ignored by the main piece of a population. As an employee of James Funeral Home I have learned how little the majority of the culture knows about preparing and processing their deceased loved ones. As an insider, my interest was piqued into the past…

We all have families that guide us to discover our identity and background, but does that mean we have to follow through the same traditions? The short story “The Moths” by Helena Viramontes tells the story of a fourteen-year-old who describes herself as unattractive, disrespectful and unlike other girls. Although she is mistreated and abused by her family she has an Abuelita who cares for her. She is then forced to care for her ailing Abuelita who is dying through her last days shaping her to…

exasperating haziness all through the story. As Myop experiences the dead body, this idea is confirm again here, “It was then she stepped smack into his eyes. Her heel became lodged in the broken ridge between brow and nose, and she reached down quickly, unafraid, to free herself.” since Myop twists down and liberates herself, unafraid, as though this weren't her first experience with a dead body, nor is she especially amazed to see the body, and/or, turn into a piece of it by stepping into the…