Leaving our legacies is what we aspire as human beings for we do not wish to be forgotten, or to be ignored. The novel Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart and other secondary sources provides contextual evidences of why man needs to memorialize lost. The story revolves around Klara a spinster who endured the suffering of lost. Man memorializes the dead because of personal attachment, their desire to give meaning for the sacrifices of the dead and to set them as an example for generations to come. Man memorializes the dead because of personal attachment.
This act of sending the dying words of the loved one was imperative to the family that was left behind. It provided hope to the family that their son did have a ‘good death’ and has peacefully entered the eternal life. Most of the letters were fabricated for the sake of the family’s curiosity and
Accepting the death of a loved is never easy to handle. We mourn over them during and after their passing. People have different ways of respecting the body once it is dead. Embalming is the most common way corpses are disposed. In my opinion, I believe it is one of the best ways to deal with a deceased person.
It is through Edie that Terry learns forgiveness and discovers personal empowerment. Edie is a “real friend” to him; someone that he feels a responsibility to care for, just as his brother looks out for him. Under her influence, Terry shifts away from his “animal”-like lifestyle and adopts her philosophy that “everyone should care for everyone else”. Kazan’s use of framing shots and romantic flute music highlight the adoration Edie has of Terry and their growing connection. Her support and his desire to help her in the quest to find justice for her brother’s murder are major catalysts in his decision to forget self-preservation and challenge
Calvin tried to remain a constant source of support for Conrad. Despite his own feelings of grief and sadness, Calvin remains focused on his son. The end of the movie shows the father and son pair exchanging the sentiment “I love you.” These three little words are just what each needed to hear. The loss of a child is a tragedy for all those involved. Somebody loses a child, a sibling, a friend.
However, he can’t bear to tell her the truth of her son’s awful, painful death. So, he uses Utopianism, explaining to the mother her son died a peaceful death in his sleep. Not the truth of his suffering, but just the way they would both like it to be. Even though this young soldier is trying to spare the woman’s feelings, I believe it is much better to know the truth no matter how horrid it may be. The truth is always more valuable.
She couldn’t live knowing that she was soon to be dominated by this disease and there was nothing else she could do to stop it but her own death. Tomoko rather die than to be diseased. Throughout the story, Matsu dealt with a few losses of friends and family. Matsu carried a strong composure as you would never see his weakness on the outside. After Matsu’s friend, Hiro, passed away,
I want to but I guess I’m jealous of Chris because he is always with Siobhan, (pause, sigh) Siobhan, why did I let you go. You were so perfect, loving, kind, your love for the children is just amazing, oh why did I let you go. I feel like it’s the right thing to do but every time I’m around him the remorse is too much to bear. I have lived my life on the one principle to tell the truth always and here i am telling a child, a special one at that, that his mother is dead, how dare I. A man of god lying straight to someone face.
Birth and death is just a cycle for us, to give and take our life, so it could be over. Death is not something we should fear because people will all die. When we are alive, we are not dead, yet when we are dead, we are not aware of anything. It’s a brief transition between life and death that death poses an issue. Death is the price citizens pay for the enjoyment of love between man and woman and also love between parent and child.
Everyone always says that I am brave for being so happy and have strong will power. But the ugly and not-too-well-known truth about cancer is it's not something that you have for a while it stays with you even after Cancer affects you long after its left your body... the physical fatigue, maintenance treatments and weariness is just the tip of the iceberg. It's gotten to a point that survivors are expected to be act that way. Well - that expectation is UNFAIR. It's not easy being grateful for the worst thing that's ever happened to you... And the pressure we, as a society, put on these survivors to feel that way is not helping.