COTD2. Watch "Harold & Maude" and write up 3-5 paragraphs analyzing the significance of the theme of funerals and death in the lives, practices, and beliefs of the three main characters.
Maude:Is an old lady goes to funerals of people she does not know as well and that is how she meet Harold. And as a old lady she does things as if she was young. She steals and has fun as if there is no punishment in the world that could affect her. Just like Harold she looks as death as something entertaining. She talks more then Harold. Loves flowers because they grow die and become something new and different. She very honest and lives life to the fullest. "Earth is my body and my head is in the stars". "Everyone has a right to make an ass out of them selves. Don't let people judge you". She takes pills that is going to kill her self. This shows that she lived her life and that she is okay with dying.
Harold: Is a young man, and he looks at death as a joke at the beginning he fakes to hang his self. When his mother walks and sees him she just look at him and keep doing what she has to do and walk out the room. Through out the movie he does different death pranks on his mother. He also goes to funerals just to go just to be around people as they cry. From the pranks of death that he does in front of his mother makes it seems as if he wants her attention and she not giving it to him. He also goes to a psychologist and said that he has done more then 50 fake deaths. Harold is more quiet then Maude. "Should not get attach to anything"." I want to be a daisy because they are all the same". Before meeting Maude lived life forcing on death, but after meeting Maude he tries to live life to the fullest. He has not live he has die a few times. After the cops told his mother that he was dead and she fell out. And from there he saw that he like being dead. Does anything to not so people do not want to talk to him besides Maude. He threw his car off a cliff showing that he left his pass behind and that he is moving on in life.
Harold mother: The mother just talks. She does not really listen to people she just talk. She doesn't even pay attention to her son from the smallest to the biggest things. Controlling and things that what she thinks is the best and knows what people do with their life. Once again because she does not believe in what Harold is doing she tries to make him change but making go the the army.
Harold and Maude don't really think about what they do, they just do. They go where every the wind takes them and see things that most people don't. They are the same but yet they are different. They see the same thing but read it differently. " If you want to be you be you because there are a million things to be and you know there are......"
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
HW 55 - Culminating Project - Care of the Dead
Like all my other projects I talked to my family about what they knew and what they thought about the whole thing that we are learning in class. And like I said before it is better to ask 5 people that I know to get true answers then to ask 10 people that i don't know and that would feel weird about talking to me about dead. Like when we had to the homework about going to a funeral home or something and ask questions. When I did that the lady looked at me as if I had two head told me I had to go to head quarters, then wanted me to the door and locked me out. Where as when I went downtown they answered my question and did even care why I was asking these question. But not everyone is like that , some people think that that is rude to ask or think that you are crazy to think about that which in a way I think that they are right.
When talking to my family most of them never even thought about how they wanted to be treated after they were die nor did they know the different ways that they could be treated. They just thought that you died and then you are put in the ground. Besides my mother she always knew how she want to die and how she want to be taken care of. She wants people to be happy and a party not a funeral which I agree with her. Since we are funny loving people we want people to have fun with the ending of our life. But at the same time I see why some of my family members don't really care. They are dead. It is not like they are going to be hurt from the fact that you did not cry of them or give them a home funeral.
It is like we get nothing else we want in life why did the way we want to be taken care of after they die be different. Like my grandma she does not care what happens. Where as my sister never thought about it and thinks that it is weird to think about it know. And my aunt never thought about it but is starting to think about it now.
And the funny part is that I thought since me and my mom had different views on religion, I thought that we would be care in different ways. But I think that it doesn't only have to do with just the religion we believe in but as well as the type of person we are. Because we both are people that love to make other people laugh we want our funeral to be fun and more of a party. And at first I didn't really care what happens after I die and how my family decide to do I just don't want them to have to spend so much money on me. Because if I didn't know that they loved me when I died then I am not going to know after I die when the spent all that money on me.
When talking to my family most of them never even thought about how they wanted to be treated after they were die nor did they know the different ways that they could be treated. They just thought that you died and then you are put in the ground. Besides my mother she always knew how she want to die and how she want to be taken care of. She wants people to be happy and a party not a funeral which I agree with her. Since we are funny loving people we want people to have fun with the ending of our life. But at the same time I see why some of my family members don't really care. They are dead. It is not like they are going to be hurt from the fact that you did not cry of them or give them a home funeral.
It is like we get nothing else we want in life why did the way we want to be taken care of after they die be different. Like my grandma she does not care what happens. Where as my sister never thought about it and thinks that it is weird to think about it know. And my aunt never thought about it but is starting to think about it now.
And the funny part is that I thought since me and my mom had different views on religion, I thought that we would be care in different ways. But I think that it doesn't only have to do with just the religion we believe in but as well as the type of person we are. Because we both are people that love to make other people laugh we want our funeral to be fun and more of a party. And at first I didn't really care what happens after I die and how my family decide to do I just don't want them to have to spend so much money on me. Because if I didn't know that they loved me when I died then I am not going to know after I die when the spent all that money on me.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
HW 54 - Independent Research B
1. According to some rates of self-reported atheism are the highest in Western nations, although also to quite big in United States (4%), Italy (7%), Spain (11%), Great Britain (17%), Germany (20%), and France (32%).
2. Antony Garrard Newton Flew was a British philosopher, he was a strong advocate of atheism. He criticised the idea of life after death, the free will defence to the problem of evil, and the meaningfulness of the concept of God. But in 2004 he stating that he now believes in God.
3. Michael Martin specializes in the philosophy of religion, though he has also worked on the philosophies of science, law, and social science.
The reason that I am an atheist is because there is no real proof of god or jesus. Nor id there proof of heaven or hell. I feel that there maybe something out there but we will nit know until we die and then even then if we die how could we know you are in heaven or hell don't you brain stop working? I also think that it is hard being someone who doesn't believe in god because you can't just tell anyone and everyone. Because when you tell them they look at you like you crazy. I just think that as and atheist after a while you start to change you idea to what other people think so that you are not looked at in a different way.
2. Antony Garrard Newton Flew was a British philosopher, he was a strong advocate of atheism. He criticised the idea of life after death, the free will defence to the problem of evil, and the meaningfulness of the concept of God. But in 2004 he stating that he now believes in God.
3. Michael Martin specializes in the philosophy of religion, though he has also worked on the philosophies of science, law, and social science.
The reason that I am an atheist is because there is no real proof of god or jesus. Nor id there proof of heaven or hell. I feel that there maybe something out there but we will nit know until we die and then even then if we die how could we know you are in heaven or hell don't you brain stop working? I also think that it is hard being someone who doesn't believe in god because you can't just tell anyone and everyone. Because when you tell them they look at you like you crazy. I just think that as and atheist after a while you start to change you idea to what other people think so that you are not looked at in a different way.
Monday, May 9, 2011
HW 53 - Independent Research A
From reading Daily Life in the Business of Death Scott Palmer grew up around death and didn't find it weird or scary, and from just reading that part I still don't understand why. And maybe if I did grow up with death all around me I would probably thing it is normal but how could I possible thing it is normal and ok and scary when I have no answers. Even from watching the movie in class today that lady "that seeing your love ones and having them around to get use to the idea that they are gone helps you be les scared." But how when they can't come back and tell you what death is like. And I think that that is where my fear comes from. The idea that I don't know what to think I have to proof that there is an heaven or a hell, that i am turned into someone else or that i just lay there and forget every beautiful and heart breaking moments.
From interviewing someone that works in a funeral home I got the same I am not scared of dying thing and when I asked why not they said because they can just look at the person and know that everything is ok. That there is a beauty in it all. Another thing that I thought was something that I thought was pretty cool was that the man said working at a funeral home he is more willing to live life and do what he can live for today and not tomorrow. And I feel like i say that but don't really do it.
From interviewing someone that works in a funeral home I got the same I am not scared of dying thing and when I asked why not they said because they can just look at the person and know that everything is ok. That there is a beauty in it all. Another thing that I thought was something that I thought was pretty cool was that the man said working at a funeral home he is more willing to live life and do what he can live for today and not tomorrow. And I feel like i say that but don't really do it.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
HW 52 - Third Third of the COTD Book
I the last third of the book the idea of a plain pin box, backyard burial, the natural cemetery. In the plian pine box chapter the main idea of it was talking about being buried in a casket made from pine. In the backyard burial chapter is about being buried in your own backayard. And last chapter it is talking about being buried in a cemetery.
"I always did like the idea of a plain wooden casket"
"The casket is simply a vessel for another vessel that we're done with. There's no reason to get carried away"
"It doesn't take me two minutes to walk from the house to the little private cememery where Shayn is buried. I know her body is inert matter; it's not her. But her memory is there, my memory for her is there, and that is the last place we saw each other. For me, it's a comfort to have her close by"
"It was fall, leaves were all over the ground, so all heard was the sound of our feet feet crunching the leaves as we walked"
As i read these last chapters I startred to really think more about how I want to be take care of when I die. I thought about cremation but if not cremation then I want to be buried in a plain pine box, because I don't understand why someone should spend that much money on me when I am died, when they can spend it on something more important in life. But if I was buried I would love to be buried in my own family backyard. I just feel like no one should have to be around them but me as thay talk to me and feel connected to me like they use to.
"I always did like the idea of a plain wooden casket"
"The casket is simply a vessel for another vessel that we're done with. There's no reason to get carried away"
"It doesn't take me two minutes to walk from the house to the little private cememery where Shayn is buried. I know her body is inert matter; it's not her. But her memory is there, my memory for her is there, and that is the last place we saw each other. For me, it's a comfort to have her close by"
"It was fall, leaves were all over the ground, so all heard was the sound of our feet feet crunching the leaves as we walked"
As i read these last chapters I startred to really think more about how I want to be take care of when I die. I thought about cremation but if not cremation then I want to be buried in a plain pine box, because I don't understand why someone should spend that much money on me when I am died, when they can spend it on something more important in life. But if I was buried I would love to be buried in my own family backyard. I just feel like no one should have to be around them but me as thay talk to me and feel connected to me like they use to.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
HW 51 - Second Third of COTD Book
In the beginning of the book it was more about the death of Jeny and how thr family dealed with the fact that ahe was dead, as well as the cost of everything. But most of all it was about modern burial. In the second third of the book it beginnings to start talking about about the natural burials. Like cremation, burial at sea, memorial reef, and home funeral. Cost of all this things were talked about. As well as other stories of people taht died and what was done with their body.
it's hard to celebrate someone's life at a service when his dead body is sitting there in the room. It's the pink elephant you just can't get around
you're on this wide open sea on a beautiful day. bird are flying overhead, sometimes porpoise are swimming alongside the boat.... it's just a totally different atmosphere than you have at a land-based funeral.
we'd had her at home with hospice in the last month of her life, and it just seemed fitting that we'd continue to take care of her after death with the same love and attention we'd shown her in life, not hand her off to some stanger.
it's hard to celebrate someone's life at a service when his dead body is sitting there in the room. It's the pink elephant you just can't get around
you're on this wide open sea on a beautiful day. bird are flying overhead, sometimes porpoise are swimming alongside the boat.... it's just a totally different atmosphere than you have at a land-based funeral.
we'd had her at home with hospice in the last month of her life, and it just seemed fitting that we'd continue to take care of her after death with the same love and attention we'd shown her in life, not hand her off to some stanger.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
HW 49 - Comments on Best of Your Break HW
Hey ally,
I like how you posted it up to show that it is something you really talked to your friends about. I think that the comments that they made showed that some of them know how they feel about death and other don't really know how to feel. And I think that the questions that you asked are some questions that had me thinking as I was reading your blog. Good job keep it up
Hey ally,
I think that you found something in this book that I did not see or even thought about. Which know that I think abouty it I think it does "explores the alternative to the dominant social pratice of a funeral and how they prep the body". But I think is that you can give more of what the book is about in more words.
Hey brandon,
I like how you thought about the people that deal with death everyday. I never thought about how they deal with these and how these could changes the way that they think about life. I think that you are doing a really good job.
Hey ariel,
I love how you talked about the way that you thought about it , how everyone around you thinks about and how philosophy looks at it. I feel that you had a lot of important things to say and point out. Like how "Luckily up to date i haven't had a close family member pass away"
you could still imagine how other people would feel and feel with death.
Comment on my blog
This interviewed seemed short and sweet , is it because speaking about death with them was odd? Or is it because they just never thought about it. How did you feel about asking your mother and your sister how they wanted theyre funeral to be? It's kind of a way for you to know how to deal with them when they pass. Was that hard for you to come to terms with?
Bryanna, i like how you always post yuou questions and answers from your interview. I have to say i stole your idea for my blog. Its seems like both your sister and mother have never really thought about how their funeral. Thank you for posting on my blog.
I like how you posted it up to show that it is something you really talked to your friends about. I think that the comments that they made showed that some of them know how they feel about death and other don't really know how to feel. And I think that the questions that you asked are some questions that had me thinking as I was reading your blog. Good job keep it up
Hey ally,
I think that you found something in this book that I did not see or even thought about. Which know that I think abouty it I think it does "explores the alternative to the dominant social pratice of a funeral and how they prep the body". But I think is that you can give more of what the book is about in more words.
Hey brandon,
I like how you thought about the people that deal with death everyday. I never thought about how they deal with these and how these could changes the way that they think about life. I think that you are doing a really good job.
Hey ariel,
I love how you talked about the way that you thought about it , how everyone around you thinks about and how philosophy looks at it. I feel that you had a lot of important things to say and point out. Like how "Luckily up to date i haven't had a close family member pass away"
you could still imagine how other people would feel and feel with death.
Comment on my blog
This interviewed seemed short and sweet , is it because speaking about death with them was odd? Or is it because they just never thought about it. How did you feel about asking your mother and your sister how they wanted theyre funeral to be? It's kind of a way for you to know how to deal with them when they pass. Was that hard for you to come to terms with?
Bryanna, i like how you always post yuou questions and answers from your interview. I have to say i stole your idea for my blog. Its seems like both your sister and mother have never really thought about how their funeral. Thank you for posting on my blog.
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