Exigence’s of The Invisible Island Imagine losing your mother, father, or even giving birth to a still born child without ever being given the opportunity to pay respect to them and giving the proper burial they deserve. Imagine never being notified about the death of a grandmother or best friend who you may have lost touch with a few years before, then later finding out it is practically forbidden to ever able to visit their grave. Christopher Maag brought this problem to the attention of many by creating this heartfelt and informative article to raise awareness about this mass grave that is practically nonexistent to the public eye. This poorly kept, traitorous mass grave knoen as Hart Island has served as a mass grave for countless years and holds the bodies of thousands, yet very few people even know that is exists. For most readers, this was probably the first they had ever even …show more content…
of the weary mother who had just gave birth to a stillborn child and was not in her right mind enough to make such a drastic decision as to where her dead, cold infant child should be rightfully buried. This tactic not only raised awareness of how many families in distress were taken advantage of, but also sparked a fire of anger inside the reader for the families. Christopher Maag also raised the point that in most cases, officials do not put enough time or effort tracking down the families or even friends of the deceased. Most the bodies buried on Hart Island are not nameless, unidentified bodies; however, a lot of families have come forward saying that they were perfectly capable of paying for a proper burial but were never notified of their loved one’s death. This argument makes it much more personal to the reader because it forces them to imagine their loved one dying and never being notified by