Death
President William McKinley’s last words were that “We are all going”. Someday, somewhere, sometime, we will all leave this earth and die. Alaska’s worst day, was the day where she sat on the floor watching her mother die of an aneurysm. Takumi’s worst day was the day his grandmother died, two days before he finally got to meet her. Religion always tries to explain to us what happens when we die, but death is an unknown, religion can only speculate, and believe what they have made, whether it’s real or fake. In death people leave behind family, create grievances, like Alaska’s dad blamed her for the death of her mother. When some die they leave peace, others anger and finally sadness. Christians and some Jews believe that there is an afterlife and how we behave in today’s world will get you
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Muslims believe that the soul has a resting period until judgment day where they are judged on their deeds in life. The Buddhists think that we will be reborn until we rid ourselves of desire. In Hinduism and Buddhism this process is seen as unhappy, a life in this world means suffering. But death is not always the dying of a person or animal. It can also be the death of love, the death of trust, the death of childhood, the death of persistence. Death is welcomed by some, wanting the pain to be done. Some find it mercy, others call it cowardly. Death is diverse, across many plains death traverses. Death happens every day, death happens in different ways. Death is feared and death is revered. Death is unexplained, in death is where we last remain. Alaska and Takumi share the grief that people feel when they lost someone they loved. Chip (Colonel) feels the death of love through his father leaving and breaking up with his girlfriend. Miles feels that he is living in death, and the only way to leave is to live a Great