Death and Breavement in literature

Death though a known finality continues to affect the lives of many. Dying, on the other hand, is now the actual act of ceasing to exist. we all lose our loved ones through the process. The death of people comes with grief and bereavement. Bonding and attachments that people have with the deceased come with mourning. At the school, Harry discovers his brilliant talents of riding a broomstick and as the seeker. During one of the incidences in school, Harry and Ron save Hermione from a troll who had invaded the girl’s washrooms. This is after they are tricked so that they can get into trouble. This is where they notice a three-headed dog protecting an artefact little did they know that it was the sorcerer's stone which offers mortality and that which Voldemort is interested in.

Harry uses the invisibility clock to discover the mirror of erased which he uses to see his parents. After graduating from college he is enlisted in the army and goes off to fight in Vietnam. at the war, he meets Bubba who convinces him that after the war is over they should go into the shrimping business. Sadly later on while on patrol their platoon is attacked and unfortunately Bubba is killed in the shootout. Later he is awarded for his heroism. While incorporating from the injuries gotten from the shootout forest notices his rare ability for ping pong. Later marries jenny but later Jenny succumbs to the virus and dies. The film ends with his son waiting to attend school on his first day.

A synopsis of the Spiderman Peter Parker is a student at the senior school who studies nanotechnology at his free time. Peter lives with his uncle and aunt in Queen’s New York and is in love with Mary the daughter of a lead policeman in the NYPD. On a field trip, Peter is bitten by a genetically engineered spider which gives him unique powers that include super climbing ability and webs among many others. During his funeral, Harry declares war on Spiderman which results in peter asking Jane that they may be normal friends as he understands with power comes great responsibility. A synopsis of the lion king The setting of lion king starts with the king Mufasa summoning all animals to the pride rock.

Rafiki anoints the cub and presents him to the animals that cheer and bow to their next future king Simba. Scar the younger brother to Mufasa is not happy as this makes him second in line to the throne and does not even attend the ceremony of coronation of the young prince. The young prince is enthusiastic on the throne he is to lead and his father shows him but warns him on areas that he should not venture to. Simba meets with Timon and Pumbaa who live with him and together with Nala decide to help samba take revenge and reclaim his lost kingdom. The various novels have different attitudes towards death. in the lion king, for example, we find that death is a process that allows the change in a society.

Through Mufasa's death sky becomes king. thus the whole community sees death as a stage in succession. The process involved in the four books does not confer with Elizabeth Kubbler-ross theory which involves a progression that includes renunciation, anger, haggling, downheartedness and finally rejection. In harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone we find death is feared by many and is the main cause of contention in the book. Voldemort seeks the sorcerer’s stone as a focal point to gain immortality. It is also through death that Harry realizes the difference between him and Voldemort. in the wizardry community is also a factor of kill or is killed. People believe that the death of someone means he goes to a better place.

Harry blames himself for the loss of his uncle as he is killed by the same robber who he did not stop. Spiderman decides to be a vigilante so as to safeguard the life of innocents as a way of making up for the actions he never did that would have aided the arrest of the criminal and prevent him from losing his uncle. Another thanatology theme present here is that of depression as his uncle is the other closest father figure that he had in his life. In the forest, Gump death is practically a stage in life where people die due to various reasons (Szemani. The antagonists mainly try killing the protagonists in most case scenarios so as to benefit from the fame that comes from that or just in the fun of creating chaos.

Thus we can conclude that as shown in the four books that most protagonists are life safe guarders while antagonists are life takers. In lion king different thanatological themes are experienced in the book. We have resignation as Mufasa in the spirit world accepts the fact that he is gone and it’s now Simbas chance to work so as to fulfil his destiny. Depression also occurs due to the fact that Simba was close to his father. In the lion king, we have euphemism too beginning from the characters names. We have for an example Pumbaa. the word Pumbaa comes from Swahili which means a stupid or foolish person (Martini. D 2015). This entirely shows what type of character Pumbaa has.

It is thus clear enough to say that euphemism is used in most contents to cover what we call as traditional taboos that majorly cover on sex, death and other related issues. Euphemism is thus an effective style of communication as it still focuses on the message while at the same time trying to make the words not to sound effective. Comparison to Elizabeth Kubbler's theory A deep analysis of the following novels shows a lot of differences with the Elizabeth Kubbler theory of dealing with death. to start with we find that harry potter had no idea of his parents and had not seen them since he was young. He only gets an opportunity through the mirror. In forest grump we see grump acting in a different way after the death of his loved ones.

When one of his friends Bubba dies in battle he does not lose the focus that they had and he moves on with life as normal. He thus accepts that his friend is gone and there is nothing he can do. He is therefore motivated to do more by achieving the ambitions that they had set before. This greatly defers to the Elizabeth Kubbler process as he defines that not all people react to death in the same way. We start with the lion king. is a 1994 film that is based on a story of a lion cub and leadership struggles in the savannah. We have different thanatology lessons that include: the circle of life. in the circle of life it is noted for children to note that for life to continue then death must occur.

it is a terrible thing that Mofasa had to be killed so that samba would one day be the king. This clearly shows us that in life we should always seek happiness irrespective of the situation that we are in. Our happiness will always matter and we should strive always for our happiness. In the book forest grump, we have many issues that may aid in the idea of thanatology. We have lessons that can be learned which include generosity. We all will leave what we found here on earth. Most people transform after gaining power in the society. Spiderman adopts life both as the Spiderman and as Peter. He does not want people to know that he is the Spiderman and still continues living in his earlier life.