HW 52- Third third of Grave Matters

Precis

Traditional american buriels aren't all that they're cracked up to be. For them to be looked at as the right, mandatory way to lay a deceased loved one to rest is beyond ridiculous, just like the asking prices of funeral homes just to say that final farewell to a lost loved one. There are many other alternatives then the social practice of bringing a loved ones body to a funeral home and end up spending thousands of dollars, when there's other choices out there. A few choices include backyard buriel, buriel at sea. Other types of laying a person 6 feet under include getting a plain, pine box. Caring for the dead at home is even a hidden, popular way to lay loved ones down to rest.

Thoughts

Growing up, I personally learned about the caring of the dead in a way where when someone died, their relatives went to the funeral home, made plans, paid the fees, had the funeral, buried their loved ones, the end. But reading this book revealed that while this indeed is a dominant social practice idea, this is most definitly not the only way to go. I was very interested in my new discoveries involving different ways you are able to lay down loved ones instead of having to pay thousands of dollars for the occasion. I would be more than willing to have my personal remains be buried at sea or something along those lines rather than having my living loved ones paying all this money for something that in reality isn't all that necessary. Sure, the idea is good, but the way that the dominant social practice of caring of the dead is performed definitly has its other options.