The Ashes

The Cremation Process, Explained Cremation refers to the combustion, oxidation and vaporization of a corpse to basic chemical compounds, including gases, mineral fragments and ashes. Following cremation, the family of the decedent receives a container or urn that holds their loved one’s ashes. Many times, for financial reasons, an individual will forego a funeral with a burial, opting for cremation: The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) states that since 2005, cremation rates have…

as she has a purpose again, the old woman is reinvigorated and ready to work towards her goal once more. This change of mood shows a rebirth in Phoenix when she realizes her purpose, similarly to the mythological phoenix, who is born out of its own ashes. Phoenix has a resurgence of determination after she remembers why she made her journey for yet another day. Compared to her commitment during her trip through the woods, Phoenix is considerably less motivated once she actually reaches the end…

Where we live Does where someone live, shape who they are? How long they live? A person’s environment can affect the way they live and think because of the influences they are exposed to and the certain types of opportunities that are available. For example, the upper class may have different views than the working class. The way they do and think things make them complete opposites. As setting comes into play, characters in The Great Gatsby are characterized by their wealth, work, and location…

Love never dies, but the people who seek revenge do. In two touching stories, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a lot to fight for. There are several symbols that are similar with these two pieces, but the differences in the stories keep the reader on edge. Love is a sensational strong bond between two people. Love can bring positive feelings, but it can also cause damage to a relationship. Too much love may lead to an affair, which…

The idea of a moral standpoint or compass, no longer exists in a corrupt society, corrupt societies only care about power and control along the way morals are lost in order to achieve such a goal. The roaring twenties were a time of corrupt moral values, Nick explains the loss of moral and traditional values through Tom’s infidelity, “He nodded sagely. ‘And what 's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I…

The phoenix bird lives for hundreds and hundreds of years. Occasionally, they may surpass living for a whole century. In accordance to Greek mythology, after the bird dies it is later reborn from ashes. A tale about the phoenix bird reveals that their ashes could heal wounds. The rebirth that occurs in the story is when Phoenix Jackson makes a trip into town to get medicine for her sick grandson. With the medicine her grandson is being reborn into good health. Phoenix Jackson…

that reads “No list of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of beauty and grace such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. So, he whispered to the sleeping boy. I have you” (McCarthy 46) The boy mentioned and the man are the main characters of the novel. In reading, the story it is apparent that the boy and the man have a very dependent relationship. They have no…

still single?” Kyle, just looking around and into the garage, just silent because he felt that she already knew the answer. About an hour later, they were in Dr. Rylie’s office. Dr. Rylie told Emily and Kyle Harrison’s wishes, where he wanted his ashes to be spread, and that he had also given the two of them 3…

In the story, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a major symbol apparent throughout the story: a billboard with a pair of eyes that represent Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eye doctor business. This billboard is situated in the Valley of Ashes between the “Eggs” and New York. As the story progresses, a few of the book’s characters give insight about the possibilities of what the billboard might represent; the billboard symbolizes God, moral decay, and the death of the American dream. One…

tattoos on the man’s body. For example, “They’ll last until you’re seared to ashes; whatever persist or turns to pain between us, they will still be there.”(974) implies that their…