Death: Discussion Questions

The speaker has a fear of death and cannot escape its presence. The author states, “There are days when the fear of death/ is ubiquitous as light”(Kooser 1-2). This line is a simile that compares the fear of death to the presence of light. This line has a very negative connotation, because the speaker is stressing that the only things visible are seen as a way to die. This statement does not t reveal if the speaker himself has this fear of death. This line does indicate that the speaker thinks about death a lot, but does not think of death everyday. This means the author may think about death when he alone or sad. The speaker states that the fear of death

Death is the most inevitable and unknown aspect of life. It is unescapable, and by most of today’s population, it is feared in the utmost regard. Our materialistic views and constant desertion of religious ideals has forced our society to view death as an ultimate end. Socrates and St. Augustine’s views on death differ from many views on the subject in 2017, however, for their time, these men had the power to influence a plethora of individuals with their theories. For Socrates, death should never be feared and should be considered a blessing if our souls were to ascend to heaven, or death could be an extensive slumber without any dreaming whatsoever. With

The theme death has always played a crucial role in literature. Death surrounds us and our everyday life, something that we must adapt and accept. Whether its on television or newpaper, you'll probobly hear about the death of an individual or even a group. Most people have their own ideas and attitude towards it, but many consider this to be a tragic event due to many reasons. For those who suffered greatly from despair, living their life miserably and hopelessly, it could actually be a relief to them. Death effects not only you, but also those around you, while some people may stay unaffected depending on how they perceive it.

Death is a controversial and sensitive subject. When discussing death, several questions come to mind about what happens in our afterlife, such as: where do you go and what do you see? Emily Dickinson is a poet who explores her curiosity of death and the afterlife through her creative writing ability. She displays different views on death by writing two contrasting poems: one of a softer side and another of a more ridged and scary side. When looking at dissimilar observations of death it can be seen how private and special it is; it is also understood that death is inevitable so coping with it can be taken in different ways. Emily Dickinson’s poems “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died” show both

Everybody processes the ideas of death and dying differently. On pp.42-44, Christopher discusses his rabbit’s death, his mother’s death, and the idea of dying.

Although Death is set in his ways, as the book progresses, the people and the events that happen around him manage to change his view. This is shown when Death tries to distract himself with the colors of the sky but always finds himself looking at the human survivors. “It’s the leftover humans … the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail” (Zusak, 5). Something about them fascinates him. How, in spite of the fact that they have been “left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprise” (Zusak, 5), they still manage to live their lives and move forward. As a supersensual being so used to death,

The way that Death communicates with the reader helps them to see many sides of the narrator. Such as their remarks in the beginning of the book, “A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?”. They are trying to tell the reader this, so that they aren't frightened later in the novel. Their emotions fluctuate as humans emotions do causing the reader to feel a relation to Death.

What humans don 't understand, they fear or block out. People have a variety of different beliefs on what happens after you die. For example ones who follow the religion of christianity believe they will go to heaven, and the ones who follow hinduism and buddhism believe in reincarnation. No one has facts or evidence on what happens to you after death, so it is usually feared. In these three different works of literature, “On the Fear of Death”, “Allegory of the Cave”, and “The Beast in the Cave” they all have one thing in common. What these three works of literature have in common is death.

As I searched for an editorial to write on, the Op-Ed, “What Our Cells Teach Us About a ‘Natural’ Death,” immediately caught my eye. It may have been due to recent events that left death on my mind, or the alien combination of ‘natural’ and ‘death’. Nonetheless, Warraich’s piece snagged my attention. His article provides an interesting interpretation of death and human relations towards the sore subject, and gives a sound argument to support it.

As the novel, Flight Behavior, unfolds one is thrown into a world chalk full of contrast, restrained to the results of a beautiful phenomenon. Pages 420-422 include some of the most crucial excerpts from the novel. They display the revivification of the monarchs as a possible new beginning in a bleak time. Kingsolver continuously portrays the juxtapositions on battles in everyday life, including one of both death and resurrection as well as the theme of faith versus science. Such is most prominent in this passage.

In an alternate universe where it’s a common notion to witness a decaying body lie stretched out on the side of the road, the thoughts and ideas of death of death are no longer foreign concepts. But why is death such an important part of this novel? The answer is simple. Humans are obsessed with the idea of death and the aftermath. For example on passage on page one-hundred thirty, “He walked out into the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the interstate earth. Darkness implacable… The crushing black vacuum of the universe… Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.” explains that the Man saw the harsh reality of their world for a split second and knows he’s most likely going to die and does nothing about

Socrates believes one cannot fear what one does not know. He believes since no one has an absolute knowledge of what follows death in the natural world, man should not fear death. He has several arguments to back this up. In this paper I will look at two of his arguments and conclude that his arguments are unsound due to the fact that opinions are not truths.

“When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver is a poem where the speaker is contemplating their own demise. At first, it seems as though the speaker is fearful of death coming talking about it as though it is sudden and surprising, but in the end she turns out to be much more afraid of her life and her memories and experiences in that life. The speaker seems to fear, as she puts it, simply living and then dying, having not experienced and adventured the world to the fullest extent. The speaker uses the coming of death and the experiences of life to convey a message of uncertainty, which causes the speaker to reject the idea of the constructs that create uncertainty; time, life and death.

The author’s diction makes the reader feel that death ca be defeated. For example, death has been called “mighty and dreadful” but the author shows that it is not more than a “short sleep” where men go for the “rest of their bones.” The general idea of death is frightful and scary, but the reader is told that it’s only a short phase everyone goes through. It’s an opportunity for men to separate their soul and physical body. In

The mind, body and soul are connected therefore the soul must die with the body, therefore the soul must be mortal, therefore one will experience nothing after death, therefore one should not fear death. That is the Super Sparknotes version of Book III of Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things. It looks so tidy on the page laid out like that, but when broken down and considered with respect to human nature and existence, it becomes far more complex, as many things often do when taken out of the context of academic theory and applied to, for lack of a better term, real life.