The Gruesome Burial Process In the selection “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain,” Jessica Mitford discusses the cosmetic aspects that go into prepping a corpse for burial. She uses dark humor to get her points across. “Head off? Decapitation cases are rather routinely handled.” (Mitford 330). The way she describes it is as if it’s no big deal.
The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema Week 4 Assignment HRM582 Professor Dr. C Keller Graduate School of Management By: Lesa Bonham 29 September 2013 The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema In viewing the cultural activities of the Nacirema I found it particularly gruesome in some of the rituals that the women were performing and their thoughts that the human body is ugly and that if the body were to have any sickness or disease the only way to rid of body of these is through their often times barbaric rituals that they perform. Their beliefs that shrines will help to keep the body cleansed of these diseases are what lead them to have a shrine in every hope and those of higher stature within the community will have many shrines which show to the community their higher status within their society. The rites or rituals are very private in nature to the Nacirema which are only done within the privacy of their own homes and among their own family and only with those children in their family who are old enough for their initiation into these mysterious practices. The Nacirema for that reason never allowed any outsiders to observe these rituals but would describe them in detail to some that had gained their confidence and acceptance into their society. One of the things that I thought fascinating was the fact that they too have a man in their society known as the medicine man which we know about from our history of the Native American Indians and their practices of having a medicine man that was responsible for the health and healing of the people of their tribes.
It’s a crucial moment in the book, the deciding factor in a story we already knew the outcome of. Despite knowing that her suicide was inevitable, readers find themselves wanting that fate changed by the end of Hannah’s tapes. All in all, Asher does an exceptional job in using bildungsroman to captivate an audience, putting them at the edge of their seats as a story unfolded. Even with an ending blatantly stated in the start, readers still want to hear the story play out. They find themselves sympathizing with Hannah’s tale, getting angry and sad at all the right parts.
Additionally, it is likely that the fact Tess murders was enough of a controversial subject, without Hardy having to describe it, to shock the readers. The heartbreaking tragedy which radiates throughout the novel is particularly poignant when Tess gushes, ‘Say you do now, dear, dear husband; say you do love me, now I have killed him!’, with which Angel replies, ‘I do love you... it’s all come back!’ (page 448). Tess’s complete naivety and desperation for Angel’s acceptance and love has lead her to the extent of questioning her moral duty. As a reader we are unaware if Angel’s love has ‘come back’ because he’s finally seen Tess, or that it is because of Tess murdering Alec. Either way, further distress is created for the reader, as it is not possible for love to go away and then return and Tess seems completely oblivious to this.
Despite the fact that the short story ought to be considered as a whole when analyzing it, the chief element of each work of art is its ending. In this story, there is an abrupt, open ending which leads the reader to ask him/herself moral questions such as the punishment Mary Maloney would have received if she were discovered, was she mentally insane because of her actions? As far as I am concerned, Dahl wanted to
Michele Jimenez October 15, 2011 Wayland University Introduction In finding a good article for a literature review I had to know that is an article review. It focuses on a specific problem, issue or debate. With that in mind I focused on the issue of being a funeral director as a female. What is a funeral director? They are often called undertakers or morticians; they arrange the details and handle the specifics of funerals, taking in consideration the wishes of the deceased and family members.
The article entitled “Should Euthanasia be practiced” addresses the position of the writer disagreeing on the use of the highly controversial practice of Euthanasia. This is also called mercy killing which refers to the practice of intentionally ending ones’ life in order to end the suffering of a patient. This is usually done when the patient is suffering from an illness usually terminal. Furthermore, the author also cited the heavy use of this similar violent process back in Germany during World War two in order to support his argument. The author is very explicit about his or her stand on Euthanasia as the thesis statement of the author has been mentioned in the first paragraph and the last paragraph.
The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious. Furthermore, he says that the idea that ’it is sweet and right’ to die for your country is entirely untrue. Through this, we are able to form the opinion that war is not okay because it is a serious thing that carries many negative consequences. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Dolce et Decorum est, the use of similes conveys the harsh reality of war on soldiers as it changes them dramatically and kills the majority of them. In the first two lines of the poem, Owen uses the similes “Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knocked kneed, coughing like hags” to paint a grim picture in readers minds of how the soldiers were.
Through examples Lutz attempts to persuade readers to believe that doublespeak is “simply inflated language.” By using common examples such as “toothbrush” and explaining how in doublespeak it may be called a “home plaque removal instrument” shows that really doublespeak truly is just a way of making things sound fancy. Later on in the passage Lutz graduates to more graphic and detailed examples of doublespeak. Lutz uses the striking example of “the murder of three American nuns” to trigger the reader’s feeling of desire to know the truth, but by using doublespeak “Secretary Haig” is able to raise doubt that maybe the nuns were at fault. More directly Lutz uses the word “diversion” to explain that basically when people use doublespeak they are tricking their audience by creating diversions through language. Such diversions consist of “millions of dollars” which is not truly from raising the money, but also “overcharging Iran for arms.” As if selling arms to Iran has gotten the government anywhere, but into more debt.
He’s had enough misery, thanks to you”’ (37). Immediately, Truus is connected to Anton’s family’s deaths. However, the environment, which has a sliver of light in a sea of darkness, reflects the complexity of her actions, which are not entirely dark either. Truus herself attempts to justify the assassination in the name of light: “‘Hate is the darkness, that’s no good. And yet we’ve got to hate Fascists, and that’s considered perfectly all right.