Headstone

The ancient Greeks are known for having a rich and prominent culture. As part of their elaborate culture, they had many beliefs about death and the afterlife. The ancient Greeks had various death related encounters, beliefs, rituals and practices, and attitudes towards death for hundreds of years. When thinking of the ancient world, many think of relatively short lifespans; this is not true for the ancient Greeks. A recent study by Menelaos L. Batrinos, shows that ancient Greeks had a median…

The scorching hot sun was unforgiving and humidity encased the surrounding bystanders including myself. Sweat dripped down the length of my body and into places I absolutely didn’t want to think about. My clothes were quickly becoming second skin, clinging in the most uncomfortable way. Furthermore it didn’t help that I was dressed from head to toe in sunlight absorbing black clothing. The only comforting thing that kept me going was having the knowledge that I knew everyone who surrounded me…

The Dubliners is a collection of stories, including “The Dead” written by James Joyce, In “The Dead” Gabriel and his wife Gretta arrive at his Aunts annual Christmas party. Gabriel spends the night attempting to keep his composure while being extremely insecure about what people think of him. Gabriel constantly needs complete control of his life and often doesn’t know how to handle himself when he doesn’t have it. He gets criticized during the party for having little pride or overall compassion…

receive invitations to attend presidential inaugurations and festivities, and will be granted free leave to attend them if active duty. As a high honor, these recipients have the option of being buried in Arlington Cemetery with a specially engraved headstone. Furthermore, children of Medal of Honor recipients have the option to be accepted into the US Military Academy. Despite these benefits, they are not the driving force behind these courageous actions. In fact, many recipients do not care…

The poem 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death ' by Emily Dickinson dramatizes the conflict between mortality and immortality and the speakers gentle acceptance of death. It is a story told by the speaker memorizing the day that she died. The speaker reveals that she is a very busy person that could not sit idly by and wait for death. She reveals her mortality in the first two lines of the poem. “Because I could not stop for Death/He kindly stopped for me” the speaker insinuates that she realizes…

Vincent van Gogh is known to be one of the most famous artists of all time. Born in 1853, in the in the Netherlands, in a small town called Groot-Zundert. It’s believed that he inherited his amzing artistic abilities from his mother, whom was an extremely talented woman known by the name of Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Many people know that Van Gogh had many psychological problems. His problems would begin at quite a young age he battled with this disability all throughout the course of his life, it…

As my boyfriend and I rushed to the vet on a cool seventy degree May night in two thousand twelve we knew the news was going to be horrifying. Our eyes were puffed as tears of sadness rolled down our faces. We knew this was going to be the day we had to euthanize our dog Polly. Polly was a thirteen-year-old boxer. Around February of two thousand and twelve, Jimmy had gotten up for work and went to let Polly out that morning. She could not get up on her own. Jimmy immediately called me…

space. More images appeared and went. My parents yelling at each other, at me, at Thomas. Open containers of chinese food on the table, seemingly left there for hours. Sounds of children shouting and the screech of car brakes. A funeral march, the Headstone of a child. Bottles, all kinds of bottles. Broken beer bottles, empty vodka bottles, all strewn across the floor. Pills scattered along the counter falling onto the stained linoleum floor. Clean hospital beds with empty IV’s waiting at their…

sacrifices of every individual by engraving their names onto a wall (Source G) It allowed for those to remember each unique attribute that everyone of those individuals possessed. Lin didn’t just want another moment that would seem like a bunch of headstones put together, the wall symbolizes unity of every American soldier who lost their lives in the war, because they each had something they could relate to during the war. Lin was extremely selective of the material that the wall would be…

the children there were many ceremonies. The ceremonies were quick without one single tear shed for the child. During these ceremonies neighborhood children had a tiny procession where they would carry the baby to the graveyard. There were no headstones or crosses in this graveyard because in a few months the same grave would be used again for another…