A New BeginningThere are several words that are percepted in many different ways. Death is certainly one of those words. To most people, death is the single most disturbing event that can happen in human society. When a person diesmany awful emotions are invoked in their family, friends and sometimes even strangers. The fact that death can occur at any time and in thousands of ways makes it completely unpredictable. One moment a person could be gnawing on a block of cheese and all of a sudden their heart quits beating.In short, death is a tragic circumstance. This negative image is how most people percieve death. However, death it not always so bad, and as strange as it may seem death ...view middle of the document...
They believe when they die they are reborn into the same environment, around the same people, but in a different form. Their placement in their next life is also determined by worldly actions. Perhaps if all humans shared the same religious convictions death would not haveas much of an emotional impact.The second area used to illustrate the positive image of death as as a new beginning is the gains to society from death. In human society, death only seems to cross people`s minds when loved ones are considered.But the deaths of others are always improving everyday life. When a person goes to McDonald's the food they eat is made possible thanks to the death of one or more cows and chickens. Even french fries are made from deadpotatoes. The deaths of human beings, although different through human eyes, also help the society. Many doors open for someone when a person dies: a job could become available, an apartment could go up for rent, ahouse or car could become available, and many people will save tax dollars if the dead person was drawing government money. Mother Nature also benefits from human death in many ways. When a human dies, approximately fifty chickens and seventy-five cows will be spared, depending on the persons age and whether they were carnivorous. A person's death not only decreases the amount of trees needed to sustainoxygen respiration in the world, but also saves the life of many trees, especially if they used a large amount of paper. Thousands of gallons of water and a countless amount of unrenewable resources will also be retainedfor society by a human's passing.The third stage describing the positive image of death as a new beginning is martyrdom. Many great men and women have died for personal convictions and beliefs of themselves or their people. Martyrs are mostcommonly believed to be people losing their life for their religion. In the Christian Bible, there are hundreds of these God-fearing men and women who courageously died for th...
