When one thinks about a death and a birth, they do not tend think about their similarities. One example of how they can be similar is how people gather for both. Before a baby is born, a celebration, or a baby shower, is held. Baby showers are held not only so that the mother can receive gifts in preparation for the new baby, but also so that they can welcome the new addition to the family. When the time comes, and a loved one dies, the family members hold a funeral. A funeral is not only so that the family can grieve, but also so that they can celebrate the person that has died. The family is celebrating the time that they had with this person, before they died. There is also preparation for these two celebrations. When a person, usually a …show more content…
People can compare these two topics, but in the end they are both part of life. If one looks at the true meanings behind the two occasions, they can be quite similar. If someone looks at the different emotions, some may be different, like being upset, depending on the situation. When comparing the two, it also depends on the person 's outlook on what is happening. An example of this would be if they do not have a good experience with someone dying, they may think completely different on if these two are similar or not. The circle of life is a crazy thing, people die, and people are born, sometimes people die as soon as they are born, this is all part of life though, because if no one did, than the earth would be over populated, and then we would all die, because there would be no food left. No one lives forever, once someone is born, they are going to die at some point. Life is also a mystery; you never know what is going to happen next. One never knows how a baby will turn out in the future, or if they will have a fulfilling life. Looking at the two topics, one tends to think of all the differences that they have, but they can also be very similar. People tend to be one sided when they think of these subjects, because of the experiences that they had with them. Emotions are a big part in this, because it makes a person feel a certain way about a topic. Gathering can also take part in these two occasions, because these are two big things in our lives, ones that we will remember forever. Some people are too young though to remember what happened at a certain point in time, and they are thought of as the lucky ones. Many things can take part in how these two occasions can be thought of as similar, but they can also be different. This depends on how the person wants to look back at a memory. Some may think about all of the good times that they had with a
According to a study, many difficult cultures have the tendency to establish their methods of coping, whether it is through religion, culture, or/and personal ideologies (Chen, 2012). Mourning and burial ceremonies play a pivotal role for Lossography due to individuals having the ability and liberty to express melancholy and sometimes jubilation during the times they once had with their loved one. These types of beliefs and practices used as coping mechanisms can be very meaningful and profound for the comfort of the individual who’s going through a mournful experience (Chen, 2012). These types of coping mechanisms is important for Lossography, due to the fact that individuals are able to convey emotions through traditional practices, archaic arts and crafts, and spiritual rituals to fully find meaning with the death of their loved one. In addition, having established beliefs can definitely change the perception of what death signifies based upon religious and cultural expectations of the afterlife. However, not all cultures and religions put much emphasis into the afterlife. For instance, the monotheistic religion Judaism does not contain any interpretation of what happens after someone dies. Judaists believe that nothing happens after death, death is considered a taboo and not something that is commonly talked about for these religious individuals. Lossography, in religion may take on many forms for how death is perceived and for what actions can people take to ensure that their death will bring them to a place of peace, joy, and everlasting life. Lossography regarding religion, gives individuals hope that death is not the end, it gives them hope that knowing that person may not be here with us in the flesh, but that person is somewhere smiling down. Lossography in religion,
Death was a commonplace occurrence in the Victorian Age. "Three of every twenty babies died before their first birthday, and those who survived infancy had a life expectancy of only forty-two years" (Douglas) Death would take place most often in the home. When a death occurs, the entire house stops and takes up deep mourning. Windows are closed. Clocks are stopped. Mirrors were covered. Mirrors were covered because it was believed that a mirror, or reflective surface, could because trapped in it. Bodies would be stored in homes until they were buried. Poor families in their small houses would have to kept the dead in the same quarters as the living until the time of the funeral had arrived. Even children were not sheltered from the deaths around them. They were instructed at all ages on the meaning of death and its rituals. As the Industrial Revolution developed, Middle Class and proper etiquette were defined. Rules and regulations of what was proper was decided...
What is Grief? Merriam-Webster ‘s online dictionary defines grief as, “deep sadness caused by someone’s death; a deep sadness; and/or a trouble or annoyance”(n.d.). This term may have a different way of impacting one’s life depending on geographical location; culture plays an important role in how those that experiences a loss or hardship, cope with grief. After further research, a closer look will be taken at the five stages associated with grief and loss, how Hindu and Islamic Muslim culture deal with death, and how cultural differences may impact the stages of grief.
Death is the unfortunate event in which the people on this Earth have to embrace as a part of life. Most can relate to death in some way whether it be by relating to someone who has died or being close to someone that has lived this eventual nightmare everyone can relate to death and grief in some type of way. According to the OED, grief is the “... act or fact of dying; the end of life; the final cessation of the vital functions of an individual.” Death and grief are forever in the lives of death’s victims, with no known cure, just nullified existence to help lessen the pain. As the grieving process becomes an essential element to families affected by death, a developing mentality can be forever shaped by the components of death, grief, and redemption.
Lack of regeneration can be seen by the way that birth fails to bring hope and death constantly fails to validate life or create any sense of community. Aaron Kelly states that ‘funerals reassure community of its own regeneration’ (49) as do births.
Considering the arguments from Plato’s Phaedo argue: “Death is not the end and we ought not fear it.” Souls are immortal and continue to live after the body has died. The theories of recollection and opposites are sensible and Socrates can justify them.
De Spelder and Strickland (1983) say that the understanding of death is communicated through the process of socialization by which children learn the concepts and conversations that have value in modern society (p.64). Geoffrey Goer believes that there is evidence to suggest that death has become a taboo and has replaced sex as the unspoken subject of today’s society. Goer says children “are initiated in their early years to love (the concept of sex); But they no longer see their grandfather and express astonishment, they are told that he is resting in a beautiful garden among the flowers” (Walter, p.92-3, 1991). In this essay I will discuss whether death is what Geoffrey Goer suggests, a ‘taboo’ subject within Western Society. Firstly, I will outline what I mean by the terms ‘death’ and ‘taboo’, after which I will place reasons why academics find death to be tabooed and why some argue why death is not tabooed subject. Finally from the analysis of these arguments, I will propose from the evidence, whether in fact death is actually ‘tabooed’.
The purpose of this essay is to assess the essay The Immortality of Having Children written by Stuart Rachels. In this essay, he expresses the idea of “Famine Relief Argument against Bearing Children”. To have children and bring them up spends a huge amount of money, which can used to solve the famine. Based on that reason, the author thinks that to bring up children is not moral. First of all, this essay will discuss the argument given by Stuart Rachels. Then, it will assess such viewpoint objectively.
Throughout life individuals go through many different losses in life. In Grief and Losses across the Lifespan I have learned that death is not the only type of loss that people experience in life. Before taking this course, I was not aware of the multiple type of loss individual could experience. For most individuals not educated on these losses, they look at them as expected. From the typical occurrence of these loss they become disenfranchised by society which causes people to experience complicated grief. As people develop through different age groups they experience different typical and maturational losses, that need to be grieved. As I age I anticipate going through different losses that will each have a lasting effect on me. Some of
The speaker in “Infant Joy” and “Infant Sorrow” is from the perspective of the new born child. For instance, in “Joy” the word structure is choppy, short, but simple and optimistic. The poems are almost like a mirage for the admiration will disappear and screaming child will appear when disgruntled. However, in “Infant Sorrow” the poem is meant to be sound animalist to display the basic nature of humans that even an infant understands and it is to
Everyone has or will experience a loss of a loved one sometime in their lives. It is all a part of the cycle of life and death. The ways each person copes with this loss may differ, but according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s novel On Death and Dying, a person experiences several stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and, finally, acceptance. There is no set time for a person to go through each stage because everyone experiences and copes with grief differently. However, everyone goes through the same general feelings of grief and loss. There are also sections in Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” that connect to the process of grieving: “On Pain,” “On Joy and Sorrow,” and “On Talking.” Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” reflects on Kübler-Ross’s model of the different stages of grief and loss.
The concept of human mortality and how it is dealt with is dependent upon one’s society or culture. For it is the society that has great impact on the individual’s beliefs. Hence, it is also possible for other cultures to influence the people of a different culture on such comprehensions. The primary and traditional way men and women have made dying a less depressing and disturbing idea is though religion. Various religions offer the comforting conception of death as a begining for another life or perhaps a continuation for the former.
While the end of life experience is universal, the behaviors associated with expressing grief are very much culturally bound. Death and grief being normal life events, all cultures have developed ways to cope with death in a respectful manner, and interfering with these practices can disrupt people’s ability to cope during the grieving
The death of a child is the most devastating loss a parent can ever experience. When a parent losses a child, something in the parents die too. The loss not only destroys the parents’, but also leaves an emptiness that can never be filled. The expectations and hopes of a future together are all just a dream now. Burying your child defies the natural order of life events: parents are not supposed to bury their children, children are supposed to bury their parents. Their life is forever changed and will never be the same. The parent not only mourns the loss of the child, but also mourns the loss of their child’s future. Parents will often visualize what their child could have been when they grew up or think about all the potential they had.
When I think back to my childhood I don’t have compelling memories of death. I remember a classmate’s parents passed away and the whole school attended the funeral. I am from Ireland this was an obligatory act to show consolidation with the family. All schools and state are intertwined and religion is a forced act, I suppose. I wasn’t