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1997 was a milestone in Kon's career for two reasons: The release of this particular movie in cinemas and the initiation of his collaboration with Madhouse Inc, who sheltered his genius until his last birth. Prefect Blue was initially meant for a live action TV series; however, after the Kobe earthquake in 1995, the production studio suffered extensive damages resulting in a reduction of the budget, up to a point that solely allowed the shooting of an OVA. Nevertheless, while the shootings were…

For this writing assignment, I chose to watch Sarah’s last 203 days. My reactions to the documentary was an emotional roller coaster ride. As I watched the process of Sarah slowly dying before my eyes, I felt as though I was there experiencing it with her daughter, friends, and family, there were several times that I paused the film so I may recollect my thoughts and emotions so I may continue on watching. By the end of the film, I felt a sense of release and happiness for Sarah, throughout the…

Grief and loss are unpreventable events that most people will experience at least once in their life (Howarth, 2011). Grief is typically associated with death. Nevertheless, grief and loss may be associated with the loss of a limb, loss of function, and so on. Healthcare providers will inevitably have patients and families that experience both. Some clients may have advanced warning that the loss will occur, which may make the grieving process somewhat easier. However, a sudden onset of a loss…

Corr and Corr (2012) define bereavement as an event characterized with the loss of someone close to an individual, and is often associated with psychological and emotional distress which manifest in the form of grief. (Corr and Corr (2012) indicate that the psychosocial and emotional changes that occur in case of bereavement follow a defined pattern that can be explained through multiple models: the Freudian model and Bowlby’s model, among others. In my case, the death of my grandmother had…

Anger Nothing can make friends, family and Christians scatter like the anger of grief. Anger is usually directed at those the griever feels closest to since it is safer than directing it at strangers. Anger typically stems from feeling that the loss is unfair and it comes wrapped in the “why” and “why me” questions. Consciously or unconsciously, this anger is ultimately directed at God. Like Job of the Bible, Christians need time to process their anger. Unlike Job’s friends, Christians need to…

Randy Pausch walks out on stage to deliver the “last lecture” smiling and joking, seemingly, without a care in the world. Little to the audience’s knowledge of the elephant in the room, he is dying. With only three to six months left of good health, Randy is dying of multiple tumors on his lever. Randy displays how people can react to death differently depending on where they are in life, their coping capabilities, and what they find their joy in. Another factor that comes into play is how…

William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, is a tragic story about the struggles of a prince named Hamlet who seeks to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet is so determined to sabotage his uncle, who has taken his father’s crown and is responsible for the crime, that Hamlet himself increasingly becomes insane. Family bonds and friendships are broken as death begins to claim their loved ones and vengeance becomes the primary mindset of the characters. As the play progresses, three prominent themes of death…

The most important theme in both Earl and Listen is loss and grief. In Earl, the loss of a seal is the main attraction and the human uses purpose and deceit to show the unavoidable loss. In Listen, the dog searched for the snow ball that his owner threw. The snowball was seen breaking apart and scattering with the other snow, but the dog did not understand what was going on, why was the ball no longer there? Any kind of loss is an unfortunate part of life which causes the person or animal who is…

1.7.1. Five Stages of Dying by Elizabeth Klüber-Ross Klüber-Ross proposes five stages which will be experienced when facing the imminent death; denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. She argues that if the individuals repressed the stages, they have risk to get stuck with the unresolved emotion caused by the death (Konigsberg 3). Therefore, it is suggested that the individuals are better to embrace each stage to avoid the unresolved emotion in the future.…

Bereavement relates to the deprivation of someone by death. For an individual, the death of a love one can be considered one of the greatest losses one may have. Nonetheless, an individual may also have feelings of bereavement when having other losses, such as the loss of health, the end of an important relationship, or health loss by someone close to the individual. Another healthy response to loss is grief. All individuals have different feelings of grief, but there are some particular…