Death
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This needs to be an argumentive paper for my death and dying class. This paper needs to focus on St. Augustines story, "death of a friend". This paper needs to stay on the topic of death. Talking about Augustines experience of death and his views on death. This paper also needs to have a bibliography. Main source should be his story.
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Death
The subject of death has been a controversial topic since
time immemorial. Nearly, all human beings are afraid of
death and there are some who even find it challenging to
talk about death. Many people keep wondering what will
happen when they are gone, many are afraid of thinking
of the death of close people to them like family and
friends. It is even more worrying to bear in mind that death
separates a person from their daily activities and they are
send to a place that no one has ever been there to narrate
on what happens after death. However, as much as there
are so many unknown things regarding death , it ought not
to be something that that people find it worrying (Bryant
4). People ought to understand the fact that death is a
thing that has been there for a very long time. Also, death
is there are it is unavoidable. Understanding this will help
to accept death as part of an individual’s life and what is
important is how well you spend your life while alive.
Deducing from the story of Augustine on the death of a
friend, it is evident that there are controversial opinions on
how people ought to react and handle death . This
argumentative essay brings varied notions regarding
death to try and show that death is normal and people
should not be worried of death by drawing notions
from Augustine’s experience of death and his views
regarding death.
In St. Augustine’s story,
“death of a friend,
” the friend of
Augustine died. He was a close friend as he is even the one
who convinced the friend to become a manichee . The
friend becomes unconscious while ill and the family
baptizes him. When he seemed to recover, Augustine went
on joking to him regarding the baptism that he had
received. The friend did not listen to the jokes and
suddenly died. It was then that Augustine was overcome
with grief and decided to run out of the town (Augustine,
William, and Rouse 12). Deducing from the scenario , it
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is clear that Augustine still did not view death to be a
normal thing even though he had earlier experienced the
death of his father. Death ought to be regarded as a
normal thing that is part of life. If Augustine had taken
death as a normal occurrence that is part of life, he
would not have reacted to the different deaths in his life
differently. He would have learned on how to handle
death whenever it occurs even among his closest people
(Augustine, William, and Rouse 13). The confusion
exhibited with the society that Augustine lives is still the
same confusion and difference in notions that are still
exhibited even within the contemporary society . In the
world today, different cultures have different perceptions
regarding death. While some perceive death as something
good, others view death as a calamity. On the other hand,
there are those who assert that death is a subject that
people should not discuss lest death befalls with them
(Bryant 5). Despite all these contradictory opinions, it
should be understood that death is normal since it is
unavoidable. In St. Augustine’s story on death of a
friend, Augustine flees the town in order to escape the
memories of his friend who has died. What Augustine does
not understand is that death is normal (Augustine,
William, and Rouse 13). Even though death tends to
worry everyone in the society, educational institutions
ought to take the initiative of integrating death and dying
classes into their educational systems.
It is a good thing to note that many schools have embraced
teaching the subject of death in a dying class. However, it
is also a sad thing to not that many students do not
want to enroll in such classes on reasons that they do not
see the reason of attending such classes and others are
afraid of listening to the subject of death all the times that
they will be undertaking the lessons in dying class . On
the other hand, different students enroll in these classes
for varying reasons known to them. There are students who
enroll in these classes so that they may be able to fulfill
a requirement of the degree that they are taking in the
university while others enroll in dying classes to
argument the training that they are carrying out in either
medical or in other instances in behavioral health field .
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Also, there are certain students who are not taking a
course that is related to medicine or behavioral health but
still attend death and dying classes to satisfy their curiosity
regarding death and dying. Furthermore, there are students
who enroll in death and dying classes because they are
still coping with the loss of their loved ones (Bryant 5).
From Augustine’s story, it is interesting to picture the
context in which he talks about the reactions that he has
regarding the death of his friend. He asserts that he is
worthless without his friend but still loves the worthless
life that he is living more than his friend. His notions are
very different from the common thinking of many
people. According to many people, the death of close
people makes people to see life as meaningless.
However, Augustine perceives death differently. According
to him, even though life will not be lit with a friend you
are used to, still life is worth living. This is how death
ought to be viewed . Bryant (6) asserted that people ought
to be concerned about living for the time that they are
alive. By doing this, people will be in a position of making
their inner self free of the spiritual death that is brought
about by the thinking and definitions that are within the
society regarding people’s lives and death. In St.
Augustine’s story, in the course of his healing, he agrees
that it is only through turning to God that a people can be
peaceful because everything comes from God (Augustine,
William, and Rouse 13). Similarly, in Christianity, it is
believed that it is through death that people get life .
Christian religious doctrines believe that Jesus, the son of
God died so that people might get life . Therefore, for
Christians, they ought to consider that death is a normal
thing and take it positively so that they might find peace
when their loved one is gone. Failure to taking death
positively will lead to loss of meaning in life when a
loved one dies. In the story of Augustine, he also found it
had to have peace following the demise of his friend. When
he thought of turning to God as a solution, he still could not
be convinced that he will find peace in God. Even within
the contemporary society, many people find themselves in
very challenging situations as they do not know what they
ought to do in order to find peace with the loss of a dear
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one. However, it is only through education that people can
understand that death is a normal thing (Bryant 7).
In conclusion, Augustine’s notions of his friends death
are very subtle, the reason as to why he is subtle in
judgment is because he was not totally committed to
God and this is the more reason he does not understand
death to be a normal thing (Augustine, William, and
Rouse 14). In the current society, understanding that
death is a controversial subject within the society is
very important . Students in careers that are engaged
with seeing death people or dealing families of the
deceased such as medical and psychology students ought to
be the first to accept that death is a normal thing and take
the initiative to create the awareness. The importance of
creating awareness regarding death lies with the fact that
the future of end-of-life care within the community and the
entire county and even the world lies with the change that
the society will have regarding the culturally ingrained
notions of denying death. The most important thing in this
awareness creation is to educate young adults regarding
end of life. When young adults will understand that
death is a normal thing, there will be great possibilities
of change on how people view death


Solution
The
subject of death has been a controversial topic since time immemorial. Nearly,
all human beings are afraid of death, and there are some who even find it
challenging to talk about death. Many people keep wondering what will happen
when they are gone; many are afraid of thinking about the death of close people
to them like family and friends. It is even more worrying to bear in mind that
death separates a person from their daily activities and sends them to a place
that no one has ever been there to narrate on what happens after death.
However, as much as there are so many unknown things regarding death, it ought
not to be something that people find it worrying (Bryant 4). People ought to
understand the fact that death is a thing that has been there for a very long
time. Also, death is there are it is unavoidable. Understanding this will help
to accept death as part of an individual’s life and what is important is how
well you spend your life while alive. Deducing from the story of Augustine on
the death of a friend, it is evident that there are controversial opinions on
how people ought to react and handle death. This argumentative essay brings
different notions regarding death to try and show that death is normal and people
should not be worried about death by drawing sentiments from Augustine’s
experience of death and his views regarding death.
In
St. Augustine’s story, “death of a friend,” the friend of Augustine died. He
was a close friend as he is even the one who convinced the friend to become a
manichee. The friend becomes unconscious while ill and the family baptizes him.
When he seemed to recover, Augustine went on joking to him regarding the
baptism that he had received. The friend did not listen to the jokes and
suddenly died. It was then that Augustine was overcome with grief and decided
to run out of the town (Augustine, William, and Rouse 12). Deducing from the
scenario, it is clear that Augustine still did not view death to be a normal
thing even though he had earlier experienced the death of his father. Death
ought to be regarded as a normal thing that is part of life. If Augustine had
taken death as a normal occurrence that is part of life, he would not have
reacted to the different deaths in his life differently. He would have learned
how to handle death whenever it occurs even among his closest people
(Augustine, William, and Rouse 13). The confusion exhibited with the society
that Augustine lives is still the same confusion and difference in notions that
are still presented even within the contemporary society. In the world today,
different cultures have different perceptions regarding death. While some
perceive death as something good, others view death as a calamity. On the other
hand, there are those who assert that death is a subject that people should not
discuss lest death befalls with them (Bryant 5). Despite all these
contradictory opinions, it should be understood that death is normal since it
is unavoidable. In St. Augustine’s story on the death of a friend, Augustine
flees the town to escape the memories of his friend who has died. What
Augustine does not understand is that death is normal (Augustine, William, and
Rouse 13). Even though death tends to
worry everyone in the society, educational institutions ought to take the
initiative of integrating death and dying classes into their educational
systems.
It
is a good thing to note that many schools have embraced teaching the subject of
death in a dying class. However, it is also a sad thing to note that many
students do not want to enroll in such classes on reasons that they do not see
the reason of attending such classes and others are afraid of listening to the
subject of death all the times that they will be undertaking the lessons in
dying class. On the other hand, different students enroll in these courses for
varying reasons known to them. On the other hand, some students enroll in these
classes so that they may be able to fulfill a requirement of the degree that
they are taking in the university while others enroll in dying classes to
develop the training that they are carrying out in either medical or in other
instances in the behavioral health field. Also, some individual students are
not taking a course that is related to medicine or behavioral health but still
attends death and dying classes to satisfy their curiosity regarding death and
dying. Furthermore, there are students who enroll in death and dying classes
because they are still coping with the loss of their loved ones (Bryant 5).
From
Augustine’s story, it is interesting to picture the context in which he talks
about the reactions that he has regarding the death of his friend. He asserts
that he is worthless without his friend but still loves the empty life that he
is living more than his friend. His notions are very different from the
conventional thinking of many people. According to many people, the death of
close people makes people see life as meaningless. However, Augustine perceives
death differently. According to him, even though life lacks meaning when a
person loses a friend, still life is worth living. This is how death ought to
be viewed. Bryant (6) asserted that people ought to be concerned about living
for the time that they are alive. By doing this, people will be in a position
of making their inner-self free of the spiritual death that is brought about by
the thinking and definitions that are within the society regarding people’s
lives and death. In St. Augustine’s story, in the course of his healing, he
agrees that it is only through turning to God that people can be peaceful
because everything comes from God (Augustine, William, and Rouse 13).
Similarly, in Christianity, it is believed that it is through death that people
get the life. Christian religious doctrines believe that Jesus, the son of God
died so that people might get a life. Therefore, for Christians, they ought to
consider that death is a normal thing and take it positively so that they might
find peace when their loved one is gone. Failure to taking death positively
will lead to loss of meaning in life when a loved one dies. In the story of
Augustine, he also found it had to have peace following the demise of his
friend. When he thought of turning to God as a solution, he still could not be
convinced that he will find peace in God. Even within the contemporary society,
many people find themselves in very challenging situations as they do not know
what they ought to do to find peace with the loss of a dear one. However, it is
only through education that people can understand that death is a normal thing
(Bryant 7).
In
conclusion, Augustine’s notions of his friend's death are very subtle, the
reason as to why he is subtle in judgment is because he was not committed to
God wholly and this is the more reason he does not understand death to be a
normal thing (Augustine, William, and Rouse 14). In the current society,
understanding that death is a controversial subject within the society is
fundamental. Students in careers that are engaged with seeing dead people or
dealing families of the deceased such as medical and psychology students ought
to be the first to accept that death is a normal thing and take the initiative
to create the awareness. The importance of building awareness regarding death
lies with the fact that the future of end-of-life care within the community and
the entire county and even the world is based on the change that the society
will have regarding the culturally ingrained notions of denying death. The most
important thing in this awareness creation is to educate young adults regarding
the end of life. When young adults understand that death is a regular thing,
there will be significant possibilities of change on how people view death.
Works Cited
Augustine,
William Watts, and W H. D. Rouse. St. Augustine's Confessions.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Print.
Bryant,
Clifton D. Handbook of Death & Dying. Thousand Oaks, Calif:
Sage Publications, 2013. Print.




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