Real death

Knowledge in Awareness “If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.” ― Leo Tolstoy One is aware when they understand what is going on around them and whom. There are times when the palpable is as hard to find as the puzzle that always seems to go missing. In “This is Water” Aristotle’s three Appeals work…

Jack Kevorkian first started being fascinated with death and the process of dying while serving his residency…

Life, death, and reincarnation are the recurring theme of the most notable poem “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson. Throughout the poem Dickinson traces her descent sanity into madness which has made the poem terrifying for both the speaker and the reader. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has express her feeling of grief and pain through the use of an extended metaphor, “felt a funeral in the brain” and in rest of the poem, she lives a life, passes away, and reborn again…

suffocating himself with carbon monoxide in his truck. This is after having been encouraged to do so by his girlfriend, Michelle Carter. At the time of his death, Ms. Carter was on the phone with him and, after supporting him to take his own life, was witness to his dying and failed to alert authorities or the boy’s parents during and after Roy’s death. For her actions, and lack thereof, Michelle Carter was on trial with the possibility of a sentence of 20 years in prison. However, after her…

The Falsehood in Life and the Clarity of Death “Everything progressed until it began to approach the ideal he had set himself” (56). Ivan Ilyich lives his entire life according to the exact ideas and specifications that he expects of others and thinks others expect of him. He does everything, from marrying his wife to having children to decorating his house, the way that others have done in order to keep up the appearance of a happy, normal life. Ivan’s obsession with the way he appears to…

affected ants of the Camponotini tribe. The infected ant would leave its nest and travel to an area with the perfect temperature and humidity for fungal growth, then the ant would use its mandibles to hang on a leaf upside down until the inevitable death that would follow. Over the next one hundred and fifty years the fungi evolved. It became dangerous, lethal. Its DNA modified to survive the harshest of environments, and it travelled airborne with ease. I graduated in 2017, the year the fungus…

Death comes for some in an instant, and for others over a period of suffering. It may be foreseen or come without warning. It is almost never a choice and is known as one of mankind’s deepest fears. Murder, and more specifically, genocide, has ended many innocent lives. One of the most well known events that demonstrated the sickening act of genocide is the Holocaust. The Angel of Death was the most horrific and feared aspect of the Holocaust amongst the Jews in Auschwitz. It was known as an…

that happened in Verona. The horrible death can be blamed on Romeo. He is an immature, murderer, and self-centered man. The tragedy starts as Romeo falls in love with Juliet. All the hopeless situations would not happen if Romeo did not meet her. However, the most…

emotional decisions. There needs to be an open mindedness when it comes to the emotions like fear that drive a patient to make a request for assisted suicide. According to Boudreau (2013, p. 1451), there is a fear and utter avoidance in talking about death from physicians; however, some patients may still believe that an assisted suicide emulates what their final wishes are. If assisted suicide were a legal choice, then healthcare providers could grant the dying wish of a terminal…

concept of physician assisted death rattles through every political system. The idea that a doctor can help someone end their own life has developed into a taboo subject most choose to avoid. As of today, “physician assisted suicide is legal in five U.S states. It is an option given to individuals by state law in Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and California. It is an option given to individuals in Montana Via court decisions.” (CNN). The reason Physician assisted death has turned into a topic of…