Questions:
1.)When you die, how would you like to happen to your body? Why?
2.)What was your first experience with death? How did you feel?
3.)Have you ever attended a funeral/awake? If so, how many?
4.)When you're in that kind of environment, how does it make you feel?
5.)Do you believe in after life?
6.)How do you feel about the dominant social practices of the care of the dead in society today?
My Friend Dakota
1.)I personally want to be cremated. Just the thought of what happens beneathe the ground. I dont want to be buried. I would rather be cremated. I also dont want people crying. I want everybody to enjoy themselves.
2.)My uhm grandmother,i had seen other deaths but yea. I felt sad. i didnt understand. I didnt want her to be sick. We all are gonna have our time.
3.)Yes i have and multiple.
4.)It makes me feel sad because you reflect on the person's life and the moments you had with them.
5.)Im in the middle. I believe in it and then i dont. Im partial.
6.)I think its good.
My friend Lissy
1.)I honestly have mixed emotions right now. I dont want worms to eat me and i dont want to be burned to death.
2.)*awkward silence* My brother's death i used to day dream we could do things together. It didnt turn out that way. Everything is not how its planned.
3.)One awake, we all drank *laughs* sat around for hours. Shared funny moments.
4.)I feel sad and wish i wasnt there. *laughs*
5.)Yes,yes i do.
6.)i wish we didnt have them *laughs*
My Friend Kenny
1.)Question you never think about. Whatever easy on the family.
2.)I remeber them all. Probably my dad, started with my grandma. Each one is just important as the other. Part of your life. Grandparents are suppose to go first.
3.)Yes and about 6
4.)Uhm, well it makes you feel sad because there's a death in your life.
5.)Yes because you almost have to. Thats what you're living for. Its like you believe in Santa Claus till they tell you different same with afterlife.
6.)Whats the alternative? What else they gonna do with you? You dont wanna get zapped.
My Friend Kimberly
1.)I would like to be cremated. Not to sound stupid but because i hear when they bury you with w.e you have to steal it. And because i liked my family to feel that im still with them if they keep them or even take some ashes to places i've wanted to go.
2.)My uncle..when i i found out he killed himself. I was 7. My family told me he had a tummyache and then my aunt(who spills out all the drama) told me the truth..He was my favorite uncle. I couldnt stop talking about him. I wrote stories and stuff EVERY YEAR, the teachers had to have a meeting with my parents about it.
3.)Yea my uncles, some guy, this lady's, and my mom's aunt so 4 that i can remeber.
4.)To me it depends on the person. i went to funerals where everyone is joking around either because we didnt know them too well or because thats the only way we could take the pain away. And then i been to funerals where we just cried because that person meant so much to you. Its a scary environment because you're just imagining yourself in that coffin and wondering how people will react to you.
5.)I do but i dont. i think we all say "hes all in a better place now" because we all know they werent meant too be alive but then again where do they really go? Heaven or hell? who's the judge of that?
6.)I feel like, its the least they can do to bring everyone who loved the person all together to lrealize every moment in life is precious in their life being gone. They must do what they can before its their time, sometimes it scares me though. Like i cant look at them because it just me think of my uncle.
When my friend Dakota she didnt know either cremation or buried. I was kind of surprised looking back on it because everybody i spoke to or know have decided on how they want to be left when they die. Everybody i feel didnt know how to handle the questions very well. At one point one of them started to cry and i felt bad about it. It's a very hard topic to talk about let alone think about. You dont really want to think about your death situation until maybe till it happens. Interviewing people about this topic, i never realize how much of an impact it could have on you just as the interviewer. It makes you think a lot of about the who, what,where,when, etc on death. Is it really what it is all put out to be? Or are we living a dream?
Throughout this unit i hope to gain more insight on the caring of the death and see if any of my ideas change as well. i noticed also when i interviewed my friends, there were always these pauses and constant silence like they didnt know what to say or answer the question like they were scared or something. I found it kind of weird. I didnt think they were that bad.
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