Cremation

I do not remember exactly the particular day but all I remember was that it was very humid and the sky was cloudy. It was just a few days before I joined first grade and I had just arrived home from my neighbors. I was utilizing my last few days of freedom and hence was tired and hungry. I had rushed home looking forward to my grandmother’s food and playing time. This had been my routine from kindergarten and it never bored me to say the least. I was however shocked as our house was full of…

In the book Wit, by Margaret Edson, Vivian Bearing an English professor is diagnosed with cancer and decides to have an experimental treatment so doctors could learn about her disease. In this book Bearing has many goals she wishes to fulfil before her passing much like Faulkner’s book, As I Lay Dying. Much like Wit, Faulkner’s As I lay Dying follows an order of events that the ill mother, Addie and her loved ones needed to fulfil before death came for Addie. In both works an individual is…

The Cremation Process, Explained Cremation refers to the combustion, oxidation and vaporization of a corpse to basic chemical compounds, including gases, mineral fragments and ashes. Following cremation, the family of the decedent receives a container or urn that holds their loved one’s ashes. Many times, for financial reasons, an individual will forego a funeral with a burial, opting for cremation: The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) states that since 2005, cremation rates have…

death, there is a wealth of questions to ask and decisions to make. If you're a Christian and you're considering cremation, the question that is probably uppermost in your mind is how God feels about it and what the Bible has to say on the topic. Therefore, we will examine Scripture and other avenues, to help you determine if God is for or against cremation. History of Cremation Cremation has gone through periods of preference throughout history. Archaeologists believe it has been practiced for…

In the LDS handbook for funerals it mentions that they don’t encourage cremation but if the deceased has gone through the Temple and has been endowed they should be dressed in Temple clothing and not have it folded and placed next to them. In the LDS Church they have what is called fast offerings. These are funds that are donated…

Poetry Assignment: The Cremation of Sam McGee By Emma Taylor Introduction Throughout history, humans have explored the world to advance their economies and wealth. Explorers such as Christopher Columbus in the 15th century made many voyages to discover North and South America. The discovery of gold in Yukon in 1896 caused what was known as the gold rush; a stampede of people in search of gold. Gold is a very valuable mineral. This discovery of gold in the Yukon led to the establishment of…

of a human family member. A pet cremation jewelry reminds us that our pets play many roles in our lives – a pal, a buddy, a best friend and without a doubt, a member of the family. For most people, the grieving process between a human and a pet is the same. Some pet owners care as much to their pet’s death that they compose a complete pet service memorial with a pet casket or urn for either burying or cremating them. Many pet owners opt for a piece of pet cremation jewelry that allows you to…

Two Narrative Poems that can easily be compared are “The Listeners” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee”. In the Narrative Poem The Listeners, The Traveler, despite his fears and worries about the abandoned house that he made a promise to visit, kept his word instead of being scared away. In the poem The Cremation of Sam McGee the “captain” of Sam McGee’s expedition to mine for gold promises Sam that if he is to die then he will cremate him. Sam McGee being from Tennessee is afraid of the cold adds…

choose. When you begin looking at the comparison between a traditional funeral and cremation options, you begin to notice one big thing… the number of zeros that follow the dollar sign. When things are said and done you have three options: a traditional funeral, direct cremation, and a cremation service. While a traditional funeral and direct cremation are total opposites, they do share some middle ground, a cremation service. The traditional funeral, a ritual steeped in tradition, and hung in…

spend up to $10,000 on coffins alone for their loved ones (Federal Trade Commission, 2012). We would be paying the family for the opportunity to use their loved one’s body to help feed the homeless. Many would argue that cremation is a cheaper alternative to burial, but the cremation process releases toxic chemicals into the air such as Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans and mercury (Mari,…