Luullulaby Short Story Lullaby

Death is something that people must deal with every day in our world, and there are several aspects of death that sometimes the living do not consider. For example, how does one celebrate or remember passed loved ones? What happens to you when you die? How would you like to be remembered? There are multiple ways to answer these questions, and examining differing points of view can be enlightening.

Loss can mean something very different, depending on who you ask to define it and what their history is with it. However difficult the obstacle may be, Tim O’Brien’s words can help alleviate someone’s conscious, because he points out the importance of all those stories lived with that certain person or thing that was lost. Even with my personal losses, I can relate to O’Brien’s views of loss and the importance of all the memories of the lost thing. Loss would not be so impactful if it weren’t for all those sentimental memories and emotions that come with it. It’s necessary to sometimes remember the happy times lived before the loss, to slowly fill up the hole that it created in the heart. It’s true, losing something is rarely anything to be happy about, but if anyone has something that makes saying goodbye hard, they would be considered

During our lives we need to cherish the time we have with friends and family that are close to us because nobody is immortal. In the books “Freak the Mighty” and “Bridge to Terabithia” a tragedy struck and the main character still alive found ways to remember their friends. In “Freak the Mighty” a boy named Max wrote a book about the great times he had with his friend who died from Morquio. The same situation happened in a book “Bridge to Terabithia” except the boy Jess continued running their secret fort. So when you do lose someone you should try to find a unique and special way to cherish the memories you share.

Death and Dying is a normal process part of everyone’s lifecycle, and yet, is often a hidden topic and not discussed on a regular basis. Death is something we learn about over our own lifetime as we lose those dear to our hearts and mourn the loss that we experience. No two people experience death and react to death in the exact same way. Often, differing family and cultural practices can influence how one reacts and copes with death or a loss.

In This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen, Remy Starr is a cynical high school graduate eager to embark on her future and leave behind her past, not looking for love at all. She has seen her mother go through four previous marriages and is headed on to the fifth. She never knew her father and the only thing he left behind for her was an old song. The cynic in her is challenged when she meets Dexter, a boy who forces her to change her perspectives on love and life itself. With the family example she has had when it comes to love, the role of social networks is key in the progression of Remy’s past relationships and Remy and Dexter’s current relationship.

In the midst of undergoing a serious life-altering incident, one often experiences the feeling of a paradigm shift. It is amazing to see how our perspectives of the world shift when forced to reflect on what is truly important. Such is the way with death. Being near death causes a sharp realization of what is truly important in life--love of family and friends, faith in God, and making the world a better place to live in--and enables one to not merely accept this, but apply it to their life as well. All those typical, average daily worries and concerns about homework, professional careers, food, sleep, personal grooming, etc., while important and necessary in everyday life must seem unbelievably miniscule when the death has wiped ones

The author of this story is Leslie Marmon Silko. She is the storyteller for the story “Lullaby”. The perspective of this story is from Ayah,an old woman who is losing everything in her life.The main theme in this story is loss. Loss is the number one tragic a person can have.

Death is never an easy conversation to have with anyone, especially a loved one. When someone

The death of a loved one is an event that all of us is likely to experience during our lifetimes, often on numerous occasions. For many human beings, the subject of death could be creepy, undeniable, frightening and something too dark to face. The reality is that when a human being is born death is also born. Since we left the womb of our mother 's, death is part of our journey through life and becomes a shadow forever. While such loss often transforms lives, it does not necessarily need to be for the worse in the long term. However, grieving it can be the most difficult aspect of life, also everyone grieving process is different, and the loss of a loved one can happen in a moment but it can last a lifetime. Many writers like Mary Rowlandson on her narrative of the captivity and restoration, Katharine Sedgwick’s on “Hope Leslie”, Edgar A. Poe’s on “Fall of the House of Usher” and Harriet Jacob’s on “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” have written about the loss of a loved one to death and how to carry on with their own lives. Dealing effectively and positively with grief caused by such a loss is central to your recovery process and your ability to continue with and fulfill your life for the better.

I can bet that all of us here have wrestled with death once or twice in our lives. We all know how hard it is to cope with the loss of something that we love. After, people say that they completely understand death and what it means. There are many times in my own life where I think that I have understood death. I was wrong. Sure, I have lost fish and grandparents, but the one that hurt me the most and made me truly understand is when I lost my dog.

Remy Star is a bright young lady on her way to college with a very bright future ahead of her, but when things don’t go her way and she finds herself falling in love with some she said she would never even take a second glance at, that’s when she realized she’s changed, and all she can think is it for the better? Having to do all of the dirty work, and deserve no credit isn’t something that Remy Starr liked to do. Remy, the protagonist of “This Lullaby” by Sarah Dessen and I are alike in many ways. We both share the same view of the world, are viewed by the world in similar ways and I would respond in a comparable way to the central conflict of the novel. Therefore, I believe given the chance, we could be friends.

People we love leave us too soon. It is even harder when the death is unexpected. Most of us feel shock and disbelief when we are informed about the death of a loved one. People assume that their family and friends will reach old age, however, it is not uncommon for death to come sooner whether it is through accident or illness. In March, my uncle passed away due to a tragic accident at his workplace. It has been five months since his passing and I am still having a difficult time coping with his death. These past five months have been accompanied by sleepless nights and numerous depressing thoughts and feelings.

We always take the people around us for granted, we never seem to think that they want be here some day. Everyone gets a little mad sometimes and sometimes people get in fits. Yet when you lose someone your whole perception of life changes. You become extra chaos of the words you say and your actions.

Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story “Lullaby” starts with the main character Ayah who is a Navajo woman waiting for her husband Chato to go home from the bar in a snow night. While she is waiting, she thinks about her children. The army blanket she has is sent from her oldest son Jimmy who has died in the war. Her other two children, Danny and Ella, are taken by the government because she has signed the document without understanding what it is about and only been taught her how to sign her name by Chato. She decides to look for Chato. The men in the bar do not welcome her, and Chato is not there. She leaves and finds him walking along the pavement. They sit with their backs against a rock and share the blanket to rest. Ayah sees his eyes closed and sings a lullaby her grandmother and mother have sung to her to Chato. The story records only a few hours, but it expounds the past experiences of Ayah for the readers to understand what have happened in her life. By setting the point of view on Ayah, Silko expresses a strong sense of viewing the issues between men and women which exist in the society by imperceptibly describing the danger of patriarchy and the way Ayah combats the stereotype of femininity.

Sometimes it can be very hard to deal with the loss of a near family member. It is a hard situation to overcome and it is even harder to deal with the fact that the person is not alive anymore. Everything associated with the loss of a beloved one, will be remembered and you will fought bravely to accept the new situation.