I think that as Americans we do fear death. We always see death as something negative. Death is often connected with pain and loss. The way we view death has been built upon by our culture and society. People fear death because of not knowing what to expect. Death is feared for their is a sense that control over time or even over yourself is lost. When it comes down to it death tends to be mainly from illness and oldness. We lose a big value of our and we are no longer able to self-help ourselves. Death has become awkward for most to talk about because that's what we have learned from society. In the movie Morrie views death in a positive way. I love how he is so optimistic and looks at as him having known how to live. When he would talk to Mitch he would express that relationships and love never die and will always be there. I have seen many people mourn in pain that have suffered a loss. One of my really close family friends lost someone unexpectedly. I really liked their perspective on it. Yes, of course, they were very sad at their loss, but they saw it as him having lived his life here and completing everything he needed to. When they put together his funeral they said that he had a mission to fulfill not here on the earth, but in heaven. I really liked this because it created a positive outlook on life.
I agree with what you say about death. I know that I am afraid to die, because people fear the unknown. But dying isn't always a negative thing; because individuals who are sick and in pain, when they pass away,they are no longer suffering and they are in a better place.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we as humans have been taught to fear death. In English we read "The Stranger" by Albert Camus and in the opening lines, Meursault (Camus' main character) expresses to the reader that his mother dies, yet doesn't speak of it in entire detail. In turn, he has expected death as a part of the life cycle and has become inevitable. We, as humans, overlook that aspect of death and have come to fear it. Death may be unknown, but what we do know is that with death comes peace and the end of suffering.
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