Sculptors Funeral

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is a story of a woman, Agnes Magnusdottir, fighting against society’s opinion of her as she struggles to redeem herself. Agnes is portrayed as a woman who is struggling against the patriarchal system that seems to imprison her. The audience is positioned to feel sympathy for Agnes throughout the novel as she explains her harsh childhood through her conversations with Toti. We are also positioned to feel sympathy for her as Kent describes the way that she is treated by the men in her life, particularly Blondal and Natan. By the end of the novel the audience is positioned to feel angered by how Agnes is forced to struggle through to her final breaths with very little sympathy shown to her by the dominant characters

Social location, or the status in life that people have because of their place in a society, have a huge impact on everyone. The impact that social location created could be neutral, but most of the time it will have a positive or negative impact on people. For example, an African American could be discriminated because of his ethnicity, or a patient will choose an older doctor when he needs a treatment. Different social location that we have will affect our decisions in everyday life, and most of the time it happened subconsciously, which means we don’t realize that the decisions we make are based on our social location. Like everyone else, I was affected by my own social location, both positively and negatively.

Criticisms of American funeral practices have been made publicly aware since the 1920’s, and actually go back to ancient times in the scope of human’s ceremonies for the dead. Since the first published argument against modern funerals various authors joined the movement publishing their disparagements of customs for the deceased; that in essence contend the grandiosity and lavish displays are merely a social and psychological representation of the monetary opportunity of funerals (DeSpelder & Strickland, 2015, p. 306-307). Even further, regarding the encompassing funeral industry as exploiting grieving loved ones for their financial gains, while disregarding the actual needs of modern society (DeSpelder & Strickland, 2015, p. 307).

David Brooks makes an argument that we associate ourselves only with people that are like us. In his article “People Like Us,” he tries to persuade the reader that people rarely branch out from what they know. For example, Brooks goes on to say most people tend to marry people that have the same education level. He also states that as soon as people find a place that matches their values, they tend to flock there. This is why people in places such as New York City, Philadelphia, or Washington DC, all tend to act the same. Washington DC is a great instance. Everyone in DC is interested in politics, you can be getting your morning coffee and the barista is talking to you above the rise in the polls. Everywhere you go, somehow, someway, politics are brought up. This environment tends to make people feel comfortable because they feel as if they belong. They have this sense of “fitting in” and being content. Chicago is known for their music scene, DC is politics, Miami is parties, Hollywood

When people grow up in different countries or cities, they might think another part of the world is different or weird. It is clear when reading Two Ways Two Belong in America, Everyday Use and When Worlds Collide that where you grow up does affect how you view others and the world.

“Personally traits are genetic, selective migration to a certain region means that its gene pool may reflect some personality traits more strongly than others.” , (CNN, Jacewitz). This simply means, where you move may be a better reflection of who you already are than of who you’ll become. This is similar to how the author Wes Moore’s mom moved them to the Bronx when Wes was so young. This took him away from his old life and he began to make poor decisions.

About three months later on December 2, 1866 they were married at Croydon,Utah by Bishop James Walker. A dinner party was given in their honor by Charles and Harriet Shill. This was a happy event on their wedding day. Robert and his wife Miriam continued living with Edward on the farm. It was about this time in early winter that Edward wanted to build a new log house. The logs had been hauled from the canyon by ox team in early fall. Robert was a good workman and was anxious to help get the house built and the work began. It was one large room with door and windows and was joined on to the other house. Each house faced south so that from the outside it looked like one long log house with, two front doors. With this addition there was more room,

Every single person has their own unique identity and culture.At first when I moved to Lafayette from my hometown it was like being a White Tiger around all regular tigers.I didn't really fit in and I kinda stood out because I wasn't from Lafayette.I moved to Lafayette from my hometown in the summer of 2015.My cultural identity fits me because of my accent.

The short story, “Degrees of Understanding”, by Robert Heilman describes the prejudice Douglas County citizens face on a day to day basis. One way the author manages to convey this, is when he had to correct an educated woman because she didn’t understand that art isn’t something you learn, by saying, “‘Just because you’re a poet or a dancer or a sculptor, that doesn’t mean that you appreciate beauty any more than a logger or a field hand does,’”(Heilman, 209). Another way his story accomplished this was when he thought about the conversation he had just had, thinking, “Elitism is a sign of ignorance, an ignorance which is the result of the blinding effects of prejudice, refined and cultured prejudice certainly, but prejudice, none the less.” (Heilman, p. 110.) These statements make the reader think about Douglas County as a culture in which they too, have been prejudiced towards.

Jordan 102 H Reading Question #2: Epitaphs 1. What is the function of a funerary memorial (i.e. a tombstone) in societies generally? How can historians use them as evidence? What elements of the population will have a tombstone or other funerary memorial?

During all parts of the existence of Rome, burials and funerals were extremely important, even more so than weddings. The Romans believed that without a proper burial, a spirit would cause unhappiness for those living. While rites varied throughout different periods, traditions remained vastly, and always had the same importance.

Harvey becomes confused at what had happened when he got back to the real world. He spent 31 days at the Holiday House, but nothing was the same when he came back. To his relief, “he saw this was not his house at all. He’d obviously made a simple mistake, and knocked on the wrong door.

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

Just as the title suggests the journal section will mainly focus on the funeral of Junius Bassus. It will give me a clear perspective of that which was discovered about Junius Bassus, about his life and the way he lived and what was known about who he was as a human being. This background will be a good insight in my paper, since I am focusing on Junius Bassus Sarcophagus. Giving the reader a background of the dedicated owner of the Sarcophagus, will help me portray the reason behind the why the Sarcophagus was design with such intricacy and why it was filled with Christian sculpture, pretty much telling some of the story of the faith. The journal talks about the different kind of manuscripts and manuscripts that were find and goes in details

“Death has arrived at the museum,” Reiner Sörries, former director of the Museum of Sepulchral Culture in Kassel, Germany, stated in 2001. Of course, he did not mean this literally. Museums are characterised by their collections of material culture, selections of purportedly ‘lost’ and ‘dead’ objects that have been removed from their social and cultural context. Death has been a part of museums since their beginning. Sometimes it was concealed, sometimes it was obvious. Since the mid-20th century, death has museums of its own. They are called museums of death, of sepulchral culture, of funeral history, and of piety. Their collections encompass all kinds of objects associated with death, such as coffins, urns, hearses, and gravestones. While