Death, it seems to engulf almost all human kind. But I wonder, why are we so obsessed with it? I would think it’s because 1. We can’t escape it 2. We don’t know when it will happen 3. We just don’t know what it will feel like 4. How we (ourselves) will die. Even then, you look at movies, music, video games, and television...they all love to poke fun at death or get you to be very weary of the dreaded “grim reaper.” The whole ideal of the grim reaper is interesting to...a walking skeleton come to take you away…We haven’t always been this into death either...we use to just draw buffalo and such but then once things become more complex for human kind (like the rise of population and food and such) so did it seems our rising curiosity of death. It makes me wonder how it all started...did it start as some type of religion...or did we just start thinking so much that we started worrying about death? The way culture handle death is different to...In America we dress up in black and morn them (which isn’t bad...because hey, we miss them and wish they were still with us.) But in Mexico, they celebrate the dead, they are happy because of the life that had been once lived, I’m sure they feel some sadness...but they just handle death in a completely different way from us. It makes me wonder more why the way America handles death is so different then Mexico’s and probably other countries to for that matter. Is it just because of culture or religious differences or more?
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Death is an odd thing; it's interesting to see different culture's reactions to it as well. I feel that here in America we mourn because we are used to living in the here and now. Afterlife and what's beyond this planet rarely impact our daily lives and it's honestly not something to dwell on. It's hard to be happy for someone's moving on when they'll be dearly missed here. But you're right; our obsession with it and trying to shed humorous light on it is kind of odd. Interesting topic.
Death is an interesting topic to cover...especially since in a lot of cultures it is shown or treated as a spritiual thing of celebration. I believe death is something that scares most people because no one really knows where they go after they die. It's an unknown.
The idea of dying scares (probably) more then most would like to admit. Being separated from everything you know and love and not even remotely sure of what will happen when you die. From what I’ve seen in our cultural today, Death is made light of because of that very real fear of it. Americans especially have this intense fascination with Death because of the religious foundations of our country. Americans think about Death because it’s something that happens to everyone… Nobody can escape it. Unlike in life where you are free to rule your own destiny, you control your life and what does or doesn’t happen. Not so much with Death… it’s coming for you and it doesn’t discriminate! I have noticed that people who do not believe in God or have any religious stake have a greater fear of the unknown- and rightfully so. When you don’t known where you are going or what will happen when you die then of course you will fear it.
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