Half-Life

The second half of Die Wise elaborated the lessons Jenkinson portrays within his trade. I enjoyed learning about his views on the current state of the palliative care system and he seems to be one of the few people within this line of work that is willing to be frank with the patients he works with. The story I liked the most was the one about Louise and the relationship he had with her. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to work with someone who is unwilling to accept things as they are…

ancient Mesopotamia from the third dynasty of Ur (2100 B.C.). Immortality and death effect everyone from who you are to what you are. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story that talks about the idea of eternal life. Gilgamesh is a king that is cruel to his people, and treats women badly. Enkidu is half man/beast and best friend to Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is curious of immortality because of the death of Enkidu. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, his journey for immortality demonstrates the fear of death and his…

“Life is too short.” These are words that are not said often enough, yet the same theme applies in many quotes. These words are sometimes muttered when something traumatic happens, or when the unexpected occurs, and one knows not what to do. These words are muttered in the most extremes of times, yet, never in the simplest. Life is too short, and while yes, this is true, there is also another side to the story. When life becomes too short, one must see that life also moves on. When a tragic…

The Art of Kindness As you get older in life you need to learn the importance about kindness. The poem of kindness Naomie Shihab nye she talk a lot about the rules of kindness and how you can obtain it in life. Shihab nye tells us that in order to have kindness people must have experienced sadness. (before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.you must wake up with sorrow.you must speak to it till your sorrows and you see size of the…

Harwood’s poems are as much about love and life as they are about death and loss. Gwen Harwood once wrote that one must immerse themselves in the shades by confronting harrowing truisms, namely an awareness of life’s brevity and death’s inevitability, in order to find solace in difficult times. While Harwood’s poems consider death as a plaguing concern, she does not remain morbidly transfixed on grief and loss. A celebration of significant relationships with loved ones and reflecting upon fond…

Dickinson was never married and never had an open relationship in her life, but she did go through many deaths. This makes it ironic that she still wrote about love as though she had experienced it every day, and wrote about every death, including what she thought her own would be like. Dickinson wrote many love poems, but she never had a relationship that has been verified. However, rumor has it that she had two relationships in her life. The first relationship was with a man named Reverend…

several days, he goes to look for an answer for eternal life. At this point, his view of mortality changes directions as his accomplishment that he leaves for his namesake are no longer important. He begins trying to elude death itself because of the physical destruction and pain of his would endure. Enkidu, which was in many ways his equal, made him realize that death to transcended over beings like them as well. On his journey to find eternal life, he is confronted by the god Utanapishtim and…

For countless years and through innumerable works, writers have attempted to overcome one of humanity’s greatest fears: mortality. One of the earliest examples is William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, in which Macbeth claims that life is little more than a shadow of impending doom, and that each person merely plays his part until he is no more. Centuries later, Robert Frost incorporates a similar theme on the subject of death in his poem “‘Out, Out -’”. Unlike many of the other writers who have…

An event that had a huge impact on me was immigrating to the United States. This was a life changing event because I was going to a foreign land that I had no relation to. I was born in a refugee camp with a half a million people of closely related culture, language, and beliefs. Daily life in the camp revolved around gathering the necessities to go by each day. One either worked to find what he needed or stole from others. The camp did not provide many opportunities for people. I, a seven year…

One of the big events that has happened to me that changed my life was when my Cousin died of leukemia . I was 11 when it happened , she was one of my best friends I didn’t really understand death until that awful day in Feburary . Before my cousin died i thought i was untouchable that death did happen but it wouldn’t happen to me or my family memebers and Serguet ( that was her name ) dying brought me back to the reality of life . My whole world crashed i was so angry and hurt I blamed…