Headstone

stanzas. Imagery is used to describe the characteristics of the grandmother’s headstone. For example, the speaker says, “ and at that she could be daughter or pitied, sister, one of those who never married” (Milne 155). This describes that her headstone will just say she is a sister and a daughter. The headstone will not have loving wife like other headstones have. “ A Second Wife”, will also not be on the headstone. Imagery is also used to describe where the grandmother is buried. For…

Life for the men at Port Arthur was far from easy, conditions were so atrocious that one-third of the convicts on the second fleet died before even arriving. The vast majority of convicts at Port Arthur were sentenced for property-related crimes but vagrancy and prostitution sentences weren't unheard of. Punishment at Port Arthur was cruel and harsh, punishments like this would not be allowed anymore. It was a long way from England for the convicts, 8 months it took the first fleet to in…

Although cremation may negatively affect the environment, it is cost-effective; therefore, more individuals should consider this an alternative to the traditional method of burial. Cremation also is considered simpler and provides more flexibility in a memorial service according to the Cremation Association of North America. Cremation allows you to locate your body wherever you chose. Here there are more details provided about all the benefits of cremation. According to the Cremation…

May is National Military Appreciation Month. There are going to be events throughout the nation that will send appreciation to both military and military families. I would like to say that it is not only an honor to serve in the military but it is an honor to serve alongside each and every one of you. I am truly amazed daily at the sacrifices and risks that each and every one of you goes through. We may not all be fighting on the front lines but what we do to support the mission is essential and…

that they used to? Rustling comes from the bushes and the trees. Looking back, there’s deer with their baby. They leave fresh, deer prints on the wet and muddy grass, but its okay. It’s looks even better when there are animal tracks around the headstone. Every so often, a car or two will drive by on the narrow, smoothly paved roads that lead you to other lost loved ones. After realizing what time is was and noticing the bright orange sun, gleaming with yellow and red rays of sun is slowly…

the silence,“I think it’s time we go to the cemetery,”. When we get there I know exactly where it is everyone does, but no one wants to get out of the car, and walk up to her beautifully crafted headstone. I’m the first one to move I walk up to it and I think I feel her around, I fall leaning on her headstone wishing it had been me instead of her, mom and dad rush to me thinking I relapsed. My parents and Jesse wrap me into a family hug and we sit there for a couple hours…

In Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, Ethan is shown to have many internal and external problems. This brings the question, “What is the primary cause for these problems?” into the readers mind. Many readers would say it is Zeena and her illness always bringing Ethan down. Some people say it is Maddie leading him on to get with her. The real source of all of Ethan’s problems is where he lives, Starkfield. Starkfield has basically ruined Ethan’s chance of true happiness from the beginning by holding…

About 12 years ago, a small headstone was donated reading, “28 Mexican citizens who died in an airplane accident near Coalinga, California on Jan. 28, 1948 R.I.P.” Names weren’t put on it, because their names were unknown. Tim Hernandez researched for many years and finally found the names from the death certificates. He wanted to raise money for a headstone that had all of the names of the Mexican citizens who died on that plane. Many people…

While Alexandria would have wanted nothing more than to explore every inch of her newly acquired home, reality struck. If she hit the local supermarket, she could stock up on the necessities and not have to eat restaurant food every day, but she needed to get back to Beau Chênes before nightfall. With her arms overflowing with the structured paper bags containing her purchases, she rushed out of the store and barged into a customer entering through the automatic door. Wonderful. She thought.…

Epilogue The cemetery was quiet, the rows of headstones standing in silent vigil. At Cato’s grave, Kiel sat pressed up against the back of the stone, one leg stretched out in front of him, the other tucked close to his body. He hadn’t moved in hours, blue eyes simply staring off into nothingness, his mind somewhere far, far away. Our leader, reduced to this… this haggard husk, all because of the man buried beneath my feet. How easy to push all the blame off on a dead man, but if Riah…