RECOLLECTION OF DEATH
EXPERIENCES (Web version) [Ashwood]
The
purpose of this project is to further explore your personal attitudes toward
death and to take you back to your childhood experiences with death. You are to
create a chronology of your death experiences from your first to your most
recent. With your description of each experience include your age at the time.
Spend time reflecting on the event, your emotions and actions, and the actions
of others. Part of the purpose of this class is to develop a self awareness of
how we feel about death. I expect you to share some personal experiences. Your
privacy will be respected.
Start
your narrative with your first experience of death or loss. I want you to
concentrate on death (family, neighbors, pets) but
other loss or separation can be used. Recapture the feelings associated with
that experience. Create in your mind a picture of the occasion.
For
your first death experience and the others in your chronology try to include
the following information:
-How
old were you?
-What/who
died?
-How
did you feel?
-How
did you act?
-Who
else was there?
-How
did they act and seem to feel?
-Discuss
the death if you were there and the funeral.
-What
was the long term effect of the person's
death on you and your family?
In
a concluding paragraph you must discuss
how have your reactions to death changed. Do you
believe you have had a healthy reaction to death? Why/why
not?
Write
this assignment in a narrative, perhaps using a paragraph for each experience.
This assignment should not be a list.
Project
length: 3+ pages