Cremation Vs Burial

Some cultures are traditional and want to bury love ones in a traditional way. However, younger generations are more creative in the way they bury loved ones. For example, sea lovers may have their ashes put into an eternal reef and put into the sea. A positive spin is being put on funerals and now being called “celebrations of life”. The death rate is low right now but as baby boomers get older the death rate will rise, and the funeral service industry will see a big boost.

She even mentions that the body should be placed in delicate sense of balance and it should be place high up but not too much that when the lid is lowered it would hit his nose. She also mentions that if you place the body to low it “creates an expression that the body is in a box.” (308)

Mankind’s history of burial practices and funeral customs are as old as civilization itself. There is no specific way to planning a funeral. Every civilization and culture has provided for their dead in different ways. Religion and personal beliefs play an important role in the burial practices and funeral customs of a given culture or civilization. Furthermore, each civilization and cultured ever studied have three things in common: some type of funeral rites, rituals, and ceremonies; A sacred place for the dead; and memorialization of the dead. As far back as the time of Christ, burials have been noted to take place. In time burial and funeral customs have become very distinct, interesting and

Slessor's poems are concerned with the progression of time and its consequences. Both Beach Burial and country towns illustrate their messages through language, techniques, such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery and emotive language. Beach burials display a sign that time is precious; but, Country towns contrasts this by illustrating a slow-paced time. Country towns display a deserted town as the text showcases the town barely being active and very slow paced. Both poems contradict each other as both are significantly different. Beach Burial defines time as precious because Country Towns displays the lack of time and the minimal care towards it.

Deciding On A Service Style: The style and type of service can depend on your family’s personal preferences, your religious beliefs, or your cultural background. Some religions require family members to be present during the cremation; others forbid it.  You may want either a traditional funeral before the cremation, a

Plan A Personalized Funeral: This step is the most important. Planning a funeral that truly honors your loved one’s unique personality and all the memories you shared with them will help you and your family with the healing process.

With today’s modern culture, death is a private event of mourning and grieving. We no longer as a community gather to celebrate the life of a late neighbor, instead this event is intended for family and close friends. We either bury our loved ones in a local cemetery or have their remains cremated and kept in an urn for viewing. The rituals performed by individuals in the event of a death have become superficial with a lack of meaning. The size of a headstone is only determined by how much money you have. The extravagance of the wake or any type of ceremony performed is determined by how much money you have. And for those who can’t even afford a burial and opt for cremation, the elegance of the urn used to hold the ashes of your loved one is once again determined by how much money you have. Death has become an event of profit, for if you truly love your departed relative you’ll buy the most expensive casket or the biggest

Today the society is looking for ways to ease life and to find solutions for problems which oppress our lives and make it hard to live through. Because of many reasons, the traditional burials in this century are becoming a problem. (Prothero,2001). The fact that they cover a lot of land to build cemeteries and other things that are attached to these traditional burials is enough for us to search for a practical solution. About a century ago the term "cremation" was unknown to many people. It is believed that it began to be practiced during the early Stone Age and still exists today. Since that time cremations have been made all

In the funeral world there are a lot of different styles of funerals. For example, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic funerals. Both very different, but at the same time they have several things in common. In funerals there is an abundance of things to compare and contrast. We will be looking at different ways the notification of death is handled in both of these religions, removal, embalming, dressing/casketing, visitation requirements/rituals, and interment or cremation.

Amy is having difficulty with depression as well. She is unable to move to the last stage of grief, acceptance, until then she will be stuck in the same stage, reliving the same emotions over and over until she is able to cope with the feelings that were aroused

Political fear is an important concept which has repercussions throughout politics today. Much of this idea is established in Corey Robin’s work Fear: The History of a Political Idea. In this book he walks through the philosophical origins of the concept, discusses what it looks like at different moments in American history, and offers his own theory of the a form of political fear developed in the United States, which he calls “Fear, American Style.” Next, the dynamics that occurred during the McCarthy era United States are discusses and related back to this idea- that a uniquely American type of political fear is at work here, particularly in workplaces across the country. Finally, through the in class presentations on fear, the implications

The amount of annual revenue allocated to funeral home versus cremation services is quickly evening out, and cremation is predicted by the NFDA to completely overtake burial selection within the next

Ambition is typically seen as a pathway to success, yet in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it is clearly evident that this is not always the case. As the play progresses, Macbeth’s overall aspirations in order to become king are continually tested. By looking at his overall motives, the adverse choices which reshape his destiny, and the fatal conclusions based on his insufficient decisions, we can clearly see how vaulting ambitions can be destructive rather than beneficial. To begin, Macbeth has many motives which persuade him towards becoming king. Rather than looking at the negative effects of these motives, Lady Macbeth, prior ambitions and the prophecies all change Macbeth’s pathway in life.

In pursuing this further, there are several aspects to this topic; such as, preplanning, financial planning, cost, and the surviving family members. Funeral planning is something we all will have to do at one point in our lives, but where should we begin? It is a good idea to start with the preplanning of the funeral. Preplanning is crucial; it provides piece of mind, especially for surviving family. As said earlier, discussing one 's mortality is an extremely uncomfortable topic; however, by preplanning a funeral, it will relieve the family of having to make important decisions during a period of immense stress and grief. Furthermore, preplanning gives time to explore the options for a ceremony and allows time to discuss the financial aspects. It also gives a chance to choose a funeral home that best suit ones needs and budget.

Someone once asked me a question that I have struggled to answer. Although it was simply asked, the answer was nothing but complex- what is the difference between a man and a woman? Such a loaded question when you think of it. We have come so far in society to where we now allow females to run for president. But the opportunity is much different for a woman than it is a man. How so? To be specific, men and women are not equal when it comes to many things, such as dictations of gender roles in households, unequal pay in the workplace, and gender inequality in political circles. One of the articles I read, discusses the gender differences in society and its effect on women today. Carli’s (1999) article addresses the constant power struggle in society in her work called, Gender, Interpersonal Power, and Social Influence. The sociological question in this article is whether men possess higher levels of power than women. How is it that a man can hold the same position as a woman, in the same company, having earned the same degree, yet the dollar amount the male earns is seemingly higher than the woman’s, even though it is the same amount of work? As a society, we have been conditioned to believe that the amount of effort and work women put into their jobs is less valuable than that of a man’s. More women are attending college and getting degrees, yet our progress since the women’s right movement has been so minimal. Society is more focused on the gender role of an individual