Are Roadside Memorials a Distraction for Drivers?

In the opening paragraphs of the article, Quindlen uses imagery as a way of getting the reader’s attention and feelings involved right away in order to hook their interest. Quindlen talks about funerals for teens killed too soon in auto accidents, “...the services held for teenagers killed in auto accidents… The

The responsibility of designing and building a monument is no small feat. After all, the end product is meant to memorialize important, and sometimes tragic events and/or people that have significantly contributed something to society. How does one begin to plan a memorial in the first place? Certainly, it can not be rushed, and can be a very grueling process. Several things need to be considered, including determining the proper location of a monument that suits the people who see it. One must also consider the intended audience and what the monument represents. Of course the simplicity or complexity of the monument structure must also be determined. Along with that, monument builders need to consider the positive and/or negative affects on people viewing the monument. In short, there are three main things that need to be considered when debating how, or even if, to make a monument.

There are beauties unknown deep in the ground of Concordia. Stories that have been altered over the course of time and history that has tailgated behind these tombstones of deceased bodies. Gunfighters who thought they would rule the world were slain by the scythe of death. They were once owners of land, beholders of beauty, famous gun ringers, loving family members, and burdened veterans of war. Concordia Cemetery, the land that once gave birth to crops now lays burdened with the segregation of death, where even then people were all divided by their race, credentials, ethnicity and even gender. Gunfighters were caged underneath their tombstones where people were sure that they wouldn’t rise again.

The right to freedom of religion has started huge debate within the last few years. During the year of 2013 the Parti Québécois political party made a plan to eliminate workers from displaying any symbols of their religion in the public sector.

Painful as it may be, such experiences brings home the finality of death. Something deep within us demands a confrontation with death. A last look assures us that the person we loved is, indeed, gone forever.” (108) Cable finishes his essay by asking, Tim if his job ever depressed him. Tim in reply says, “No it doesn’t, and I do what I can for people and take satisfaction in enabling relatives to see their loved ones as they were in real life.” (108) After reading this essay I feel as though sometimes we don’t understand death so therefore we do not talk much about it. By reading about what goes on after your loved one dies and is sent to these places to be prepared and ready for burial, it helps to understand why morticians and funeral directors do what they do. Knowing that someone enjoys taking the responsibility in providing that comfort in a sorrowful time makes me appreciate these people in these occupations a bit

The United States Government First Amendment States that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Therefore, I believe this artwork should not be able to be shown in a campus environment. There are several reasons why my decision is the best choice on not accepting this piece of work into Francis Marion University. The first reason is this artwork is not protected by the First Amendment of the United States of America.

People cope with tragedies in many ways. Some people try their best to forget, while others work to make sure the tragedy is never forgotten. The most constructive attitude towards memorials is sanctification.

In every culture, respect is a quality that communities embrace around the world. Whether it be to remember a person’s achievement or to provide a sense of connection in a community, monuments link together the present and the past with the motive of respect. Memorials are far more relevant than a seemingly trivial granite monument that one could notice in a park (Source B); they embellish meaning, symbol, emotion, and memories into a collective emblem. In memorializing an event and creating a monument, it is essential for the group or agency to not only consider the basic elements such as the historical significance or size, location, and materials but also to acknowledge the emotional linkage the event or monument may induce through attachment

The issue was brought sharply into focus for me recently, when I was in the cemetery of Mission Santa Barbara. It was a sunny afternoon and the tiny graveyard was crowded with

We usually think of crypts as graves or coded messages, similar to the letter in Have His Carcasse.  The notion of a crypt, however, contains a deeper psychological meaning.   Crypts deal with the ideas of introjection and incorporation.  These concepts identify the alternative ways in which the psyche handles trauma.  When the psyche introjects a trauma, the trauma melds into the subconscious.  If the psyche successfully assimilates the trauma, it unites with the rest of the psyche, much like a cube of ice (the trauma) melting in a glass of water (the psyche).  Incorporation occurs when trauma embeds itself into the psyche, but remains separate and, therefore, separable.  If we return to the idea of the psyche as a glass of water, incorporation resembles what happens when a Ping-Pong ball (the trauma) drops into a glass of water.  The ball remains a lump in the psyche. Jacques Derrida wrote about the crypt “sealing the loss of the object, but also marking the refusal to mourn . . . I pretend to keep the dead alive, intact, safe (save) inside me, but it is only to refuse, in a necessarily equivocal way, to love the dead as a living part of me, dead save in me, through the process of introjection, as happens in so-called normal mourning” (“Foreword” 17). The tomb stands then as an incorporation of the trauma of death.  We physically mark the place of rest as a mirror of our inability to assimilate that trauma

There are said to be four different ways people respond to tragedies, Ken Foote, a professor from the University of Colorado Boulder, has proven it. Based on his studies, the four attitudes toward memorials are sanctification, obliteration, rectification, and designation. Out of all four attitudes, sanctification would be most helpful. To define sanctification, it is when people

Many people today hold on to the topic of immortality because they find it so difficult to say goodbye to a loved one. Placing flowers on graves is a popular way to remember the deceased. Even years after the person has died, the family members and friends still go to the gravesite to reminisce. People find it

According to Ashley Gaddis from Counterpoint, “From 1999 to 2008, nearly fifty-two thousand people were killed in car crashes caused by distracted drivers” (n.pag.). Distracted driving started when technology became mobile and handheld. Many people have died and gotten injured from people not paying attention to the road. This problem has been growing as technology advances. Distracted driving is a big problem and there needs to be stronger penalties and laws in place to deter people from distracted driving.

During 2012-2015, more than 13,000 traffic deaths nationwide were due to distracted driving. It is believed that distracted drivers are 23 times more likely to get into a traffic accident as compared to those who are completely focused on the road.

I visited the St. Andrews Cemetery and Mausoleum in Saginaw, Michigan. I went on June 10th, 2017 at 9am. This was a very large cemetery with different sections based on saint names. This cemetery had a few walls throughout, with it, had headstones of those that pasted. There was no designated children’s section that I came across and found children headstones throughout the cemetery. Some were with families and others had no one that I could tell was of relation. The mausoleum had two rooms and wrapped all around the building with names of those who passed away. While I was there I meet some of the grounds people getting ready for a burial later that afternoon. When I told them what I was doing there taking pictures and writing things down they were very helpful to talk to me about the cemetery. They were unfortunately unable to help me find the items on my list of observations to find because of size of the cemetery. There was a lot of plots and not in any order for me to find my items. So, I just walked around on my own.