Headstone

objects made with cremation ashes was Albert Vanderlaan. His main idea was that “men of genius” (Vanderlaan 1927:1) could be memorialized with plaques mixed with their own ashes and be remembered forever instead of wasting away in a cemetery with a headstone that would weather until no one could read it. Vanderlaan also included a caveat in his patent that states that his “invention is not limited to the use of clay nor to the formation of plaques . .…

into a poor family and had to drop out of school, because they couldn’t pay for it. He told his family that he wanted to be the president of Colombia. After he dropped out of school, him and his brother started to commit little crimes like stealing headstones from cemeteries and take away the names from them and sold them as new tombstones. They also committed more little crimes so they could make a little money. After Pablo Escobar dropped out of college, he worked for a smuggler and made his…

The autumn breeze was cool against his skin as Steve walked through the numerous gravestones at Arlington. The grave stones were a light grey that looked less grim in the bright sunshine than they would have had it been a grey and dreary day. That was good though, because Steve had been aiming for a day that was bright and as cloudless as possible. The day didn’t have to be gloomy just because he was here to visit the graves of several of his old friends. Old friends that had passed on and left…

The spirit then took him to the cemetery to show him a headstone that said “ Here Lays Ebenezer Scrooge” and he didn't quite understand what had happened to him and why he died and so Scrooge felt sacred of what was going to happen next and when Scrooge was looking over into the ground the spirit then went up…

ignited in me is a gratitude for my own name. I was named by my parents, who love and care for me, and I have a birth certificate and legal documents with this name inscribed on them. And when I die, I will have this “beloved” name carved on my headstone. What a luxury this must seem to the millions of slaves who did not even have this simple joy. In fact, they owned nothing – their identities were stolen, their humanity was stolen. The problem with having no identity is that when you’re set…

conviction caused him an internal suffering that no man or woman should endure, all of these things fueling his guilt and his pain, there was no escape. Finally in the end scene the theme is confirmed, it is confirmed by the letter A carved into the headstone of both Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne. They tried so hard to escape a past that was already carved into their…

“The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.” George Henry Lewes. Magic is referencing that when people grow older they lose sight of their creativity and “magic” that they are born within themselves. There are many struggles and challenges that people face growing up, but some are harder than others. For example in the novel Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon, the main character Cory goes through several struggles of his own. As Cory Mackenson transitions from…

Why is Kokoda commemorated as an important event in the history of Australia? Over the course of four months, Australian soldiers were faced with extreme hardship, in which they showed incredible bravery and perseverance at Kokoda, marking a pivotal milestone in the history of the country. The Kokoda campaign, fought during 1942, is one of the very few historical events in Australia which evoked pride, reverence and solemnity during World War II. This campaign has left a massive mark on…

The gravestones stood silently, row upon row like soldiers long forgotten, a scream shattered the silence… She cried and begged me but I was unmoved by her pleading and soon she stopped fighting, her lifeless body broken like the headstones around us. My Love will be here soon to collect her. I waited, wandering through the graveyard til it felt like something was watching me. The air turned black all around me. My heart beats wildly and a grin stretches across my lips as the flames of the fire…

They rarely made it past the age of thirty, and if they did they would have enough money to buy their freedom. Thousands of gladiators died at a very young age and did not have a headstone, so there is no telling how young the average gladiator really was. Life of a Gladiator - Different Types of Gladiators When a new recruit, called a novicius entered one of the gladiators schools he was assessed by the lanista (owner of the school)…