...of peace. In a disordered world that circles with fear and confusion, it is difficult to find. The concept faced and feared by all is the idea of death. It is not the act of dying that humankind desires to avoid, but the unknown beyond it. It is obvious through culture how the world fears death; movies, literature, and general behavior prove it. However, there are few who contradict the idea that death is dark and forbidding. In a poem called ‘Death is a Door,’ the author, Nancy Byrd Turner, writes, “Death is only a quiet door / in an old wall” (11-12). Some believe that death can be approached peacefully, rather than unwillingly. In the poem ‘Let Evening Come,’ Jane Kenyon uses various poetic devices, such as imagery, repetition, and symbolism, to create a peaceful mood. The peace the reader feels while reading the poem is the peace that can be adopted when crossing the threshold into death. Imagery is one of the most important literary devices a writer could use. Imagery allows the reader to become a part of the story and to interact with characters. Without imagery, there is no picture or setting, only empty words and actions that cannot be understood. The mood of a piece of writing can be created using imagery. In ‘Let Evening Come,’ Kenyon instills a peaceful mood by creating peaceful, comforting images in the reader’s mind. “Let the cricket take up chafing” (5), paints the image of crickets quietly gathering beneath the purple twilight to begin their night-song. In reading...
Words: 830 - Pages: 4
...Mr. Zimmerman’s ENC 1102 English II course. Poetry Essay Death. Death is the ultimate end of a living creature or a process. With death, once what was can never be again, just a mirror or similar shadow. Death is the final scene and emotional goodbye. Even though depressing, death is both necessary, and sometimes rewarding in a sense of cleanse and beginning of a new state. PARAGRAPH Mid-Term Break is a poem relating to my theme by the death of a young boy. This poem happens to capture the normal reaction to death, although shown differently by random people. The father taking it the worse, “In the porch I met my father crying – He had always taken funerals in his stride.” The boy was seemingly confused by death, and what it actually was to behold until the end of the poem. “He lay in the four foot box as in his cot. No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear. A four foot box, a foot for every year.” A hard line to read as we learn in the end that he was a young boy, while his brother realizes that death is definitely not forgiving. He also notices that death is not always violent or shocking in appearance, but cold and unchangeable due to the pale and empty look of his brother. A very sad poem and challenging time for family and friends. PARAGRAPH Let Evening Come is a less depressing poem relating to death. It is more of a poem in acceptance of death, and reaffirmation that it is normal and ok. Death in this poem refers more to the dying of day, the end of routines...
Words: 470 - Pages: 2
...D. in Mecca. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 2. Jesus’s name has meaning it means God is our savior similar to the meaning of Mohammed’s name which means the praised one. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 3. Jesus had to move to a part of his town that was called Capernaum because he was being rejected from people in his hometown very similar to what Mohammed had to do when he moved to Medina because his people were also rejecting him to. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 4. Jesus was never married and never had the desire for a woman whereas; Mohammed had at least 15 wives and had a desire for woman. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 5. Jesus died by crucifixion in Jerusalem at the age of 33 because people believe that he was not Gods child this differs from Mohammed’s death resulted from pneumonia he was 62. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 6. Jesus arose from his tomb on the third day, which was predicted whereas; Mohammed still lays in his tomb there were no predictions to his death. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 7. Jesus received the word of God from his father who is a supreme being God this is similar to the way Mohammed received his a supreme being who was an angel. 8. Jesus’s religion and Mohammed’s religion both have sacred text but they differ in that Christians have the Bible and Islam have the Qur’an. (Living Religions) 9. Jesus Crucifixion was interpreted as a sacrifice for the sins of the people whereas; Mohammed’s death did not have any...
Words: 654 - Pages: 3
...Whose Fault is it Anyway? Death is an element of life. Somewhere on the planet, someone just died. There is always a reason for death: a carcrash, a sickness, murder, etc. In Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Veldt”, the parents of the two children, George and Lydia Hadley, die. It is known that they are slaughtered by lions but does not say if it was an accident or not. The fault lies on the parents because they did not involve themselves in their children’s lives enough. They let the Happy Life Home raise their children and let their children do whatever they wish. The bad parenting in the story, is the reason for the characters’ violent deaths. Letting their Happy Life Home raise the children, leads to George and Lydia Hadley’s deaths. When George and Lydia are talking about the house, Lydia states that the “house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid. Can I compete with and African Veldt? Can I bathe and scrub the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic scrub bath can?” (Bradbury 78). She is admitting that her children have been raised mostly by the Happy Life home and not by their mother. George has been working since the time period is the story takes place in the 1950s. The parents let their house raise their children which, ultimately led to their deaths. Additionally, the children are not disciplined or punished by the parents, which leads to the parents’ deaths. When George Hadley warns his son, Peter, that he needs to behave or the house will be turned...
Words: 660 - Pages: 3
...Through the Eyes of Death LaFaye P. Moore Jr. PSY/280 Human Growth and Development 5/18/2011 Donna Poppendieck Looking Through the Eyes of Death Through death comes the pain of life that can be hand in two ways. In the way to cry and let the pain show then the other one is to hand it the way u need to for your family. Death it the place that no one want it can be a blessing or a cures because now the love ones are died. Looking through the eyes of death through different development of life span leading to the end of life where it comes to a death of itself. These topics, late adulthood and the death of individual as a culmination, ageism and stereotypes associated with late adulthood, how individuals can promote health wellness into late adulthood, mitigate the negative effects of aging, the importance of relationships and social interactions as individual nears end of life, cultural and personal attitudes about death, and dignity through late adulthood. Late adulthood and the death of individual as a culmination Late adulthood for an individual that helps, they find a way to handle accepting death. Then an individual that see death through his or her own eyes learn how to handle this. Therefore, through culminating through the life span of development they build up different ways in how to see death and deal with it. Death is the process where lives have end or is it to mean a new life. Lives come and go through different meaning to them through death. It is time to...
Words: 1485 - Pages: 6
...The literary works, A Dog's Death and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, are both great examples of the process of death. When you hear about death, it is not necessarily something that is beautiful or happy. There is a lot of grief when it comes to death, but there is also a lot of love. I think love and grief comes when death is around, whether it is for an animal or family member. A Dog's Death talks about the death of a dog. They were not sure as to what had happened with the dog, they think that he may have been kicked or brushed by a car. They took the dog to the vet and the autopsy showed that she had a rupture in her liver. The dog had apparently been young and just learning to go potty on the newspaper. They tried to take the dog to the vet the next morning and in the car ride, she tried to bit her owner and had tied. The dog was only learning to live and yet she was already dying. The last act this dog had made was try and hide the diarrhea she didn't have any control over, she covered it with her newspaper. What I found very intriguing about this poem, is that the dog was treated as if it were one of the family members. It is evident that the family who owned the dog, had no idea what had happened, but you can almost feel their pain (Sherwood, 2001). And that is exactly how the author wants you to feel. I can tell that the author wanted me to feel empathy for the family's loss. I felt myself really connecting to this story because, we owned a husky and we had...
Words: 1453 - Pages: 6
...punishment or the death penalty. Death penalty is whereby a state through its judiciary system gives a court punishment for an offence as death. That person would be legally killed within a set period of time. This is an ethical question in that some people feel that death penalty is wrong, while others feel that it is justifiable in some cases. This is a great debate in most countries and the debate includes a lot of civic and religious groups. In some cases the discretion to give a death penalty is vested in a few people in the judiciary system. Looking at the issue of death penalty, there are varied reasons that support the penalty as well as some reasons that seem to suggest that death penalty is bad. In many countries the constitution tells whether or not the death penalty should be upheld in the country. Overberg (n.d) says that about 75% of the people in the United States indicated that they favour death penalty. The same author says that the Catholic Bishops and Jews are against the penalty. The contrasting thing is that in 1966, according to this same author only half the population in USA approved of the death penalty. This shift in number of people favouring the death penalty is suggested to come due to the increased number of murders and violent crimes. So some people believe that the death penalty would deter would be violent offenders to shun violence as the would fear the death penalty. It is reported that the USA government has a shift towards wanting the death penalty...
Words: 1321 - Pages: 6
...character. When her family is involved with the situation her attitude becomes aggressive. Polynices who is a traitor takes his last breath fighting against Thebes. The King announces anyone to honor or bury the body of Polynices would suffer a death due to the fact that he was a traitor of Thebes. The conflict of the play involves Antigone who disobeys Creon’s authority. In the speech between Haemon and Creon an Antigone is revealed between the two that exhibits Creon’s misogyny and Haemon’s analysis of his father’s discriminating attitude toward women in general. Note the tone in the following quotation: Creon: “Oh Haemon, Never lose your sense of judgment over a woman. The warmth, the rush of pleasure, it all goes cold in your arms, I warn you…a worthless woman in your house, a misery in your bed. What wound cuts deeper than a loved one turned against you? Spit her out, like a mortal enemy- let the girl go. Let her find a husband down among the dead” (1328). Creon expresses misogyny in this quote. He consults with his son Haemon about his wife as if she’s not a person because she is a woman. He goes on about Antigone to his son as if there are many other women for him to choose from and one women being put to death should not matter. He’s belief that anyone going against his authority is their enemy. Creon discusses with Haemon about Antigone as if she is a worthless girl. Creon says, “Never lose your...
Words: 924 - Pages: 4
...Who is responsible for the death of Doodle? In “The Scarlet Ibis” Doodle was not “all there”. Everyone thought he would die at birth. In James Hurst’s short story, the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. The following are the evidence: he over worked him, treated him badly, and left him in the storm. The doctor did not want Doodle to strain himself or he would die. The narrator is responsible for Doodle's death because he made Doodle over work himself. He made Doodle learn how to walk so he would not embarrass him. He let him do most of the things the doctor said not to do. He let him get excited and let him tired. He also let Doodle get hot. The narrative threatened him. The narrator threatened...
Words: 344 - Pages: 2
...Outline Topic: Death Penalty Purpose: To inform my audience on Death Penalty and why they should advocate for it Time: 3-5 minutes Introduction -Greetings -Attention Material -Tie to the audience -Credibility material Thesis statement: , I am in favor of death penalty Preview of main points 1. I will discuss death penalty in general 2. I will argue for and against it specifically am in favor of death penalty. 3. Finally, I will discuss why it should be legalized. Body -Main points on pros of death penalty A. Human life is consecrated and sacred and anyone taking it away should have their own lives taken away too. B. Everybody is entitled to the right to life and so no one should be deprived of this right. C. Death penalty helps to preserve law and order Conclusion -Final review of main points -Concluding remarks and thanking the audience Introduction Hi everyone, I am happy to present to you on the topic death penalty. Many of us believe in the statement that, we should do to others what we expect should be done to us and so when one kills, they should be killed too. I am sure that all of us at some point have heard of death penalty and how many people have lost their lives through this penalty. Death penalty has been adopted by many states and is commonly used for heinous crimes, especially murder. It is also used on crimes against the state such as espionage, treason, crimes against humanity, and violent crimes...
Words: 1480 - Pages: 6
...Death Lives On Everyone’s lives are constantly being altered by the events occurring around them. This can change your personality and possibly your mental health. In Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Holden’s life has been drastically altered from specific events that happened to him in his adolescence. Holden’s mental health is significantly altered due to deaths that occurred around him, mainly Allie’s death. Also due to these deaths Holden is lead to a conclusion that everyone is a phony. Finally, Holden refuses to commit to relationships with anyone after the death of Allie; he distances himself and avoids deep lasting relationships. Holden is affected strongly by James and Allie’s deaths; he is suicidal with mental problems and...
Words: 946 - Pages: 4
...Schwartz (the older man) teaches his student, Mitch Albom, what really matters in life. The only way that I can begin to describe Morrie's character, is to quote an excerpt from pg. 10 regarding his reaction after being diagnosed: " But my old professor had a profound decision, one he began to construct the day he came out of the doctor's office with a sword hanging over his head. Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He asked himself. He would not wither. He would not be ashamed of dying. Instead he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me. Morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death, and narrate the trip." Based on his decision not to wither up and die, and instead use his dying, as an opportunity to teach others what truly matters in life, shows how unselfish and positive he really was. Morrie didn't see his time spent ill as a waste, instead, he said, and I quote, " I mourn my dwindling time, but I cherish the chance it gives me to make things right." (Pg. 167) As a way to further carry out Morrie's wish to be useful, both Morrie and Mitch decided to meet every Tuesday to study and discuss life's greatest lessons. Not...
Words: 1167 - Pages: 5
...Personal Injury/Wrongful DeathOur highly experienced lawyers have helped many clients get the perfect settlement for their personal injury or wrongful death cases. We dedicate ourselves to helping you push for the best settlement without going to a federal court. Our exemplary negotiation skills and success records give us a greater bargaining power that translates to fair and fast compensation. You can always count on us to escalateyour personal injury or wrongful death case to a state or federal court in case the other party doesn’t comply with our proposed settlement.We deal in a wide range of personal injury cases. Our expert attorneys will always know how to answer your questions and make a strong presentation of your case. We work on...
Words: 958 - Pages: 4
...beseech you: be merciful in your judgment and grant to __________ the promised salvation. Remember not his faults, but cleanse him of his sins and grant his lasting reward. O Lord, extend to _______ your victory over sin and death. Let his not be separated from you, but grant her a place in your eternal abode. Jesus, Lord of the living and the dead, comfort of the weary and the afflicted, conqueror of death and sin, guide our departed ____________. As he reaches the end of his journey, lead him back to you. As his life comes to an end, let him live with you. As he stands before you in judgment, please speak again these words: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you.” May the good Lord grant him a merciful judgment and look kindly upon him. ALL: Lord, help us see death for what it really is: —the end of poverty and the beginning of riches: —the end of frustration and the beginning of fulfillment; —the end of fear and the beginning of tranquility; —the end of pain and the beginning of joy; —the end of weakness and the beginning of strength. Let not grief overwhelm us or a sense of loss embitter us, but out of our sadness let there arise a new joy. Cast out our fears and let not our hearts be troubled. Let your spirit of peace come alive within our experience and hurt, our sorrow and...
Words: 629 - Pages: 3
...lover Rosaline is shallow and nobody really believes that it will last, including Friar Laurence: Romeo – “Thou chid’st me oft for loving Rosaline” Friar Laurence – “For doting, not loving, pupil mine”. In the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses religion in describing the first love & sight of Romeo and Juliet. Such as “good pilgrim” when Juliet first responded to Romeo’s compliment, this show religious use. However during Romeo’s & Juliet’s first meeting they share a sonnet to express each other’s first love for one another, “The gentile sin this” is a very ironic line because it’s end result is death. Just before Romeo & Juliet share their first kiss, Juliet exclaims herself as a saint “Saints do not move, though grant for prayers’ sake” – Juliet is saying that her prayers have been answered. Romeo described Juliet as a saint “O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do”, this means she’s seen holy by Romeo. During the first Balcony scene Shakespeare introduces the example of love from the first meeting of Romeo & Juliet, example such as “Dear saint”. Romeo says “Juliet is the Sun”, which is describing Juliet as a special part of the universe the centre of everything, for example, without the sun life would not be able to exist also life revolves around the sun and it seems to make Juliet seem brighter and more important. During the beginning of the fight between Tybalt and Romeo, Romeo pleads with Tybalt to not to fight “I do protest I never injured thee...
Words: 665 - Pages: 3
