Besides the event of the death, the devastating aftermath of the death of a loved one is accurately portrayed in the book. When a loved one dies, it is difficult to concentrate on how the death affects others because you are overwhelmed with your own feelings and thoughts; however, getting an outside view of how each character reacts to the death differently helps me understand. Some people react very extremely to the death of a loved on, while others become withdrawn and reserved. The people who did not know the character, who died, very well gave their sympathy to the others but they soon forgot and moved on with their lives.
Next time something devastating occurs in life, try to think more about the others who were also affected along with yourself. If you all join together and help each other out and comfort each other, you will be able to remember, love, and move on more easily together!
Important thoughts on a sad subject, Lauren! Make sure to incorporate quotes from the book next time!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great thing to say. I know in sad points of my life, I would think about myself, how it effects me and just sulk in on myself. But it's just a better healing process for everyone to talk about it and get over it with others. You're right, life would just be better this way.
ReplyDeleteIt's not easy for people to express their feelings to each other, even without a tragedy. Clearly a tragic event would make expressing one's self, even harder. It would also depend on who you were to talk to after a tragedy strikes. I personally wouldn't want to burden someone else with my feelings or struggles.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the point you made about the other characters that didn't know Alaska were just like ok she died and were sorry and then just didn't care any more. But I like the fact that the teacher of there class put her paper up and told the others to figure out what she was talking about. It showed the respect of the teacher to her even though he hated everyone. You talked about the prank, the swan biting him in the butt was so funny and the fox Takumi.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone ever wants to have the feeling of loosing someone, but if they did your advice is really good. Personally if tragedy strikes I think the best way to deal with it is a support group.
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