The Bucket List

The movie, The Bucket List, is a very comical but meaningful movie that portrays the death and dying process. Carter Chambers and Edward Cole become roommates in the hospital and when they find out they both only have months to live, they start checking off things from a bucket list they made. Rather than feel sorry for themselves after finding about they had about six months to live, they faced the idea of death and decided to live their life to the fullest, transforming themselves like they never knew possible. Throughout the movie, elements of the American death system were present as well as different factors that influenced Chambers and Cole’s attitudes and perspectives on death and dying.

The American death system consists of five elements

Immediately after Chambers heard he had up to a year to live, he was ready to pack his things up at the hospital and spend the rest of his days at home with his wife and grandchildren. Cole’s perspective was much different and he convinced Chambers to finish the bucket list that he had begun to make. Chambers did not think that his scribbles that consist of a bucket list would ever be real. At first, I had began to think that Chambers was in denial of what was happening to him, that he was dying, but my perspective began to change as the film went on. Throughout his adventures checking things off his bucket list, you learn a lot about Chambers attitudes towards death. He is a man of faith, he believes in God, heaven, and hell. He speaks a lot about God to Cole within the movie and you begin to see his perspective on what happens after death. During his conversations, Chambers knew what he wanted a mass service in his honor as well as had plans for the disposal of his body after death.. Chambers spoke about how he had thought about it for a while and wanted to be cremated and have his ashes spread somewhere; he had a plan in his mind unlike Cole. He was happy with they way his had live his life in regards to his wife, children, and grandchildren which was the opposite of how Cole lived his life. Chambers did not seem scared of death or dying and knew what would happen to him after he

I would save money and while traveling the world, I would be able to visit the different wonders at different points of time. One personal accomplishment for me would be to travel the world, although very broad, while traveling I would be able to see the Seven Wonders of the World. The other goal on the bucket list is to live in a different country for a short period, whether this is for the summer or for a year, I want to be able to submerse myself is a completely different culture. I have yet to decide where I would want to live, but I want it to be somewhere that fits my personality and is able to offer my many opportunities. The third thing on my bucket list here would be get scuba certified. Although while in Australia I got a ‘resort certification’, I want to be completely certified to go down very far in the water. This is a goal that I have been doing a lot of research on as well as saving money up to get certified by Summer 2017 after I graduate college. The fourth thing I would to accomplish on my bucket list would be starting my own business, whether this is a coffee shop or a YMCA type of building, I want to say that I have done it. I hope to graduate and eventually get my masters in business as well as find someone who has the same ambitions as me to help jump-start this goal and cross it off my bucket list. This is one of the things that will