In Grave matters I decided to make an example out of the “American way” of dealing with the process of caring for the dead and expose many different methods through which people can feel their wishes are more fulfilled. Using real life stories as evidence for my arguments that include the preservation of the dead, prices for funeral care, etc. was the most effective way to portray the feelings of people who have experience with these situation as well as the feelings of professionals in the field. For the first few chapters I focus on the care of the body of Jenny Johnson who is a textbook example of how funeral directors usually take care of bodies and the process parents and family members alike must go through to have a “normal” funeral.
Quotes I enjoyed:
· “… for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
· “Whatever solace a funeral director can offer bereaved families comes less from grief counseling than from the ritual of a well-run funeral service…”
· “Under his careful hand, the young girl now looks at rest. In her gentle repose is the “memory picture” he wants her family to leave with, the lasting illusion of a beautiful girl who has slipped away quietly, peacefully off to sleep.”
· “The last line of defense against mother nature.”
Upon receiving this book I was skeptical regarding how I would feel about reading a book that is primarily about death. As I began reading I was immediately interested in the world that lives within death. Hearing about death from an author who has taken the time to thoroughly research it is inspirational because it shows the determination of others to uncover the truth behind this industrialized process that we call death.
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