In Chimera, Gerald Callahan attempts to explain the paranormal sightings of his dead wife. For readers who cannot rely on faith alone, Callahan presents a scientific theory that might help us understand how we could be sensing the presence of those we love even after they have passed on. He proposes that once we become intertwined with someone here on earth they can never leave us, even when their humanly bodies have been buried long ago. He calls this phenomenon “phantom memory,” from which we can see or feel the ghosts of lost loves. As if love were a disease, others seep in and find root in our own biological systems where they shall live within and then reappear in front of us whenever they please. He explains, “Each time we are infected …show more content…
Forever will I be thankful for the love he gave me, and even more so for the family he left me with. Collectively, we have been and will be loved more than I personally could have ever asked for, by my grandfather and by each other. Though I think our goodbyes to him could not truly ever feel complete, I believe any void that has been left by his passing sheds light on the strength of the relationships we all had with him. Any amount of sadness we feel today is testimony to the deep love we felt, and that is where I have found small amounts of joy within this great …show more content…
I was sorry for the frustration of forgetfulness, for every time I didn’t come to visit, and for forkfuls of Eggo waffles. The first time I thought I saw my dead grandfather was two nights after we buried him, when I saw a black mass at the foot of my bed and he was towards the front of my mind. I closed my eyes and hoped it wasn’t him, that he was at peace, finally; I hoped he had finished those waffles. When I opened my eyes again, I saw the reflection of the moon in my mirrored closet doors, and nothing more. Other times I have seen him standing in line at the grocery store, or sitting in a booth in front of a plate of ribs. My heart sinks and my eyes get wide, and then they get squinty when I try to focus my fuzzy eyes on the sight I know is deceiving me. The ghost of my grandfather clears up into a vision of someone else’s lively, material grandfather, and I feel embarrassed that I ever hoped he could be mine.
Second, we are selfish. As a human we are nature selfish. Some may say no I’m not selfish but deep down every human being have some type selfishness inside. Always want the best for people but once our love once is involved we go all out to make it happen. We value our own people more than other. It can’t change no matter what happen. In the article “The Myth of Universal Love” Stephen T. Asma claims “that the equality of human beings is “unproven.” It’s interesting that he feels no need to show that it is unproven and merely has to assert it, as if asserting it is a sufficiently rigorous argument.” In other words, Asma believe that it is obvious that people favor their family over their friends, their friends over their acquaintances, and acquaintances over strangers.
It had been reported that, “Numerous people have told of hearing their doctors or other spectators in effect pronounce them dead” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 17). This is an out of body experience. Each reported feelings of peace and quiet, which transitioned into a bad buzzing noise. After proceeding through a tunnel, they have an “encounter with a very bright light” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 51). Questions resound around a reflection of their life, what they had learned during it, and if it was worth it. Invariably, each of the subjects’ encounter a border at which they are told they need to go back. “Considering the skepticism and lack of understanding that greet the attempt of a person to discuss his near-death experience, it is not surprising that almost everyone in this situation comes to feel that he is unique, that no one else has ever undergone what he has” (Moody Jr, MD, 2015, p. 83). Naturally, the outcome of this experience has an effect on the lives of those experiencing it.
This short story by Munro highlights a young aunt continually waiting for her lost husband and sons to come home through her open window. Revealing the hope the aunt has throughout the story, Munro artistically portrays the characters and their thoughts. The main character, Framton, experiences the woman’s longing firsthand, finding communication difficult. Alas, the woman believes she spots her lost relatives riding up in the distance, but Framton takes his sighting of the figures as ghosts, and quickly hurries away. The aunt and her niece don’t see a reason for this behavior, not knowing of their own ultimate delusion.
The loss of a family member can be very painful and it’s hard to overcome. On the one hand it’s best to overcome the pain and forget the loss. On the other hand we try our best to cherish their memory. Sometime the loss of a beloved one can be so painful that we might even see and talk to them even though they aren’t there. We may even convince ourselves that they are still alive. This is the main theme in Bernie Mcgill’s short story “No Angle” from 2011.
Writers like Edgar Allen Poe in short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” put their own spin on the dead coming back to life. Poe mesmerizes his friend,...
Most people are very convinced that they will recognize a ghost right away when they see one. The portrayal of ghosts in movies and ghost stories has set initial expectations of ghosts’ appearances and behaviors. However, people do not have the ability to recognize ghosts promptly when they encounter them. After all, as Michael Cox and R.A. Gilbert mentioned, ghosts are just dead people that remain in our memories and that we have no choice but to learn to live with their continuing presence (1). If people’s minds are preset on the fact that they are able to identify ghosts immediately, they will miss out on key opportunities to learn about important values in the long term through the presence of ghosts. Since ghosts are dead people, they have lived in the past; they know about history and what values are most important. Therefore, in “Afterward”, Edith Warton deliberately depicts the ghost as something that one does not recognize until long after to prove that dishonesty among family members causes the death of the family relationship.
Ghost stories have been told and handed down for thousands of years. Its been believed that once an individual dies their spirit lives on and haunts the living. An interview was conducted with two coworkers Karen Roe and her husband Tony Roe. Karen Roe has lived in Texas all her life with her husband Tony until five years ago when they moved to Gadsden Alabama. The first interview starts separately with Karen.
I sat silently on a rock with my grandpa in the palm of my hand, i was remembering the events of my life with him. From the first time I met him, to the last time I saw him. His remains were clutched tightly in my left hand. My grandpa 's old poems went through my head. One stood out in particular.
As I walked through the door of the funeral home, the floral arrangements blurred into a sea of vivid colors. Wiping away my tears, I headed over to the collage of photographs of my grandfather. His smile seemed to transcend the image on the pictures, and for a moment, I could almost hear his laughter and see his eyes dancing as they tended to do when he told one of his famous jokes. My eyes scanned the old photographs, searching for myself amidst the images. They came to rest on a photo of Grandpa holding me in his lap when I was probably no more than four years old. The flowers surrounding me once again blended into an array of hues as I let my mind wander……
when my husband died it was as if I also died. Over the 30 years we had been married my identity had become so interwoven with his that I hardly knew where he ended and I began. My own death, I thought, was perhaps the price I had to pay for deeply loving another — a suttee of the self on his funeral pyre. All the safety and security, all the sense of common purpose, meaning, and identity vanished. (2012, p. 2).
When my uncle Kevin passed away on December the tenth, two thousand and fourteen, it was early in the morning, and I was supposed to be asleep. I had been sleeping soundly for most of the night, but I suddenly woke up and felt, sort of off. At the time I thought it strange, but I did not think anything of it until that day when I got home from school. Just like how I never realized the significance of the fact that my dad “went to work early” out of the blue that morning. But when my dad stopped the car at the top of our driveway right after I had commented that my cousins were over, I had a sick feeling of dread. He had the same look he always had when someone died; the same look he had when he told me my neighbor had been killed, and when my great grandmother had passed. This was the first time that a death had hit this close to home; it was the first one that came as such a shock.
aranormal activity has been a cause of fear and excitement throughout history. The unknown attracts the curiosity from those who wonder whether the supernatural is real or a figment of the imagination. Ghosts are one of the supernatural beings whose existence is questioned every day. Many want to deny the existence of ghosts because they are terrified of other phantoms who may exist and ignore the evidence that has been brought forth throughout the years. However, ghosts are supernatural pheromones whose existence still impacts today’s society.
Each of you here had your own relationship with my Dad, each of you has your own set of memories and your own word picture that describes this man. I don’t presume to know the man that you knew. But I hope that, in this eulogy that I offer, you will recognise some part of the man that we all knew, the man that is no longer amongst us, the man who will never be gone until all of us here have passed.
In conclusion, while research on the subject of near-death experiences is ongoing, I have tried to present a persuasive argument to show that they in fact do exist. The subject of life after death is one that should be viewed in the context of faith or religion, but the proof I have provided is primarily scientific in nature. Whether one believes in the concept of life after death or not, near-death experiences do occur, perhaps more often than any of us realize. There is simply too much research available to ignore this phenomenon, and there are too many personal accounts written to conclude it is mere coincidence. I truly believe that there are such things as near-death experiences, and I hope that I have shed some light on this subject.
There are centuries of ghost stories and tales that have been passed down from generation to generation. From the Bermuda Triangle mysteries, phantoms of the ocean, ships, and glowing ghosts of little boys, to the curse of James' Deans' car, The Little Bastard and the Amityville Horror. A little background history of this bone-chilling horror may help one decide whether or not to believe in the existence of the beyond.