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Genre Of Death

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Everyone recognizes the inevitable doom of death, if we accept it, we would live our lives in a different way. Many are afraid of death, but not for themselves, but because of how loved ones would cope. Also, instead of seeing someone die natural at home, they see it on portrayed as gruesome on TV shows and films; making it more frightening. Morrie Schwartz was fine with his death by living and loving the best he could. Morrie was asked if he ever would go back to being young, he replied with, “I have been young. I know how miserable it can be being young.” I relate to this quote a lot as i perceived it as Morrie talking about teenage/young adult life. At 11 years old, I had started to view the world in a completely different way; whether good or bad. There comes a point in your life when you no longer have the ‘fantasy like’ view. You do not enjoy what you used to. Being at this point in life where you realize all things wrong with the world, even I wish I wasn't young anymore. Living as a teen, it seems almost never ending; you're stuck between wanting to be an adult and wanting to be a child again. …show more content…

When I was 10 my Grandmother was nearing the end of her battle with cancer, it had gotten so bad that us grandchildren could no longer see her. So, when Morrie said, “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”, meant a lot because it is true. I am not religious but I know that someone can always be with you, whether dead or alive. It took my until I was about 7 years old to actually now that people died. Having that child view of the world, I didn't know death even existed. We need to be happy over the life shared with a loved one rather than never having them at

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