Obituary

Matthew Rohrer Obituary Study 4/9/15 Introduction: The purpose of this study is to examine the discrepancy that exists between male and female posthumous recognition in the form of newspaper obituaries, analyzing the ways in which contemporary gender inequalities permeate dying and remain in death. This study is an abbreviated version of two past studies on obituaries: Sex Discrimination After Death by Robert Kastenbaum, Sara Peyton, and Beatrice Kastenbaum, and ‘How will you be remembered after

their loved ones will say in their obituaries. After researching and reading several obituaries, I have an idea of what mine will say. Most obituaries include: the date of birth and death, where the individual died, a summary of their life, the time and date of the memorial, who preceded them in death and who they left behind, and lieu of flowers. There is usually a “rest in peace” or a quote the

Question 8 Penny and Bill have irreconcilable views on obituaries. “Her obituary. It’s so dull” (1.12). Penny, arguably, is a shallow, conceited woman who is infatuatedly concerned with how the world will remember her. Contrarily, Bill has little to say on the matter and his obituary is deemed insignificant in his eyes. “Just put “Bill was a decent guy”” (1.174). Unlike Penny, how the world will remember him is redundant, as “the world won’t remember you… And that’s okay” (1.180). Meanwhile, Penny

communities. As it continues its identity as a gay mans disease, its stigma generates a negative connotation that has appealed to figures who are seen as second class individuals. In the essay “Gay Latino Histories/ Dying to be remembered: AIDS obituaries, public memory and the queer latino archive”, author Horacio Ramirez provides evidence of the difficult challenges that came across homosexual latinos as they died in silence from AIDS. His argument is established through the ideal subject of the

within the poetry of Laviera, de Burgos, and Pietri, an understanding can be reached of the complexities of the United States-Puerto Rican/neorriqueño relationship and the power of poetic expression of neorriqueño identity. Pietri’s “Puerto Rican Obituary” is overall a bleak representation of the lives of a group of Puerto Rican immigrants who moved to the city of New York in search of the “American Dream.” A sense of these peoples’ lives being an endless cycle of oppression is expressed through repetitive

their last name from Bruckner in fear of Nazi power and German hostility in London (Cowell). When Brookner was 12 years old, World War II began. Because her family was Jewish, they housed Jewish refugees in their home (“Anita Brookner, novelist - obituary”). While of this was occuring, her father, uncle, and grandfather ran a failing tobacco importing business and her mother stayed at home. These events are portrayed in Brookner’s novel Latecomers, published in 1988, where protagonists Thomas Fibich

I ended up settling for 3; an obituary a map to the fountain of youth traditional thwarts death and an enthusiasm process in progress. I figured it would be a good starting point to contrast these traditional associations with a new view of death. I also wanted to do a genre that was related to technology. I figured a (mock) code would be a nice way to incorporate what I wanted to express in a medium strictly related to technology and computer programs. The obituary for Death, I found particularly

hand. The short story that he wrote following the World Trade Center bombings in 2001, Fear and Loathing in America, for ESPN featured a narrative that captured the reader. This article, and indeed his unique style of writing were examined in an obituary written by Richard Keil in 2005. To begin with, I will examine the article written by Thompson shortly after September 11, 2001. The author’s angle was one of foreboding, a warning for all Americans of what was to come concerning their personal

the best way is through an obituary. Almost every day, there are numerous obituaries submitted to many newspapers, such as The New York Times. There are brief obituaries submitted by family members in which the said deceased individual played a major role throughout his/her life (whether it be charity or a major work accomplishment) and there are longer obituary articles written by reporters, usually on a well-known individual. When looking at those two kinds of obituary articles, there are many similarities

After school one day in early 2011, 12 year old Riley Stratton took to Facebook to vent her frustrations stating that she hated a hall monitor at her school that she felt was being mean to her. Not only was the post published after school hours and not done on or with school property, but it was also published to Riley’s private Facebook page with access limited only to those in her friends list. Unfortunately for Riley, even with the increased security setting, a screenshot of her post was given