Jessica Mitford Embalming Quotes

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Jessica Mitford uses several different quotes to bring written explanations to how the process of embalming works and to also support her view that embalming is a horrible process. After reading these quotes, an uneasy and negative feeling towards the practice and the people who perform and support it. The reason being is that Mitford uses quotes that use a passive tone towards the subject being talked about. She also uses quotes that make it personal to the reader. By quoting these specific words and phrases, Mitford portrays embalming and those who perform it as insensitive to the postmortem ceremony. Although unmentioned, Mitford leaves underlying hints to her opposition to embalming. One of the ways she does this is by quoting certain

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