Death, It happens everywhere at a very high rate. Even
though natural death happens often there was a time where death didn’t happen
naturally but by somebody else. To the people this affects including relatives
of the person that gets killed, this is a great tragedy. In the book Woods
Runner young Samuel supplies for his family with meat from hunting but one day
he came back to find out his parents and neighbors ad died a very painful and
un natural death. And in the movie the patriot, Benjamin Martin ends up
watching his two oldest sons die because of war. Death, happens everywhere
especially in war. It is not always the same but always heart breaking.
In the book Woods Runner, Samuel is just a young boy but his
experiences as a young boy are suddenly ripped from his very hands when he
comes home to a burning house and his parents lifeless and scorched bodies. To
me I think Samuel is very strong to be able to bury all the bodies at such the
young age he is. This tragedy definitely changes him and bring out the grown up
in him. He really grows up when this happens and makes a pledge to himself to
kill whoever did this. Even though it isn’t technically the right thing to do
he could just stop and go into his own world because he has nobody left in his
life. How would you feel if your normal life and your parents whom you loved so
much were just ripped away from you, and you couldn’t do anything about it.
There is a difference in losing your parents and losing your
children. As a parents when you have children they love them more than their
lives. I don’t necessarily think that is the way for ever child but it would
still be heartbreaking to lose your parents. After Benjamin Martin tried
convincing his son to not go to war he still does and later on his son stumbles
into his house hoping to be taking care of with a battle wound. The next day
Benjamin was housing the wounded soldiers of a war ad the British come and take
is son. His second oldest son goes to try and save him and gets killed. Then
later on after Benjamin get’s his son back loses him just weeks later in a
battle. Because of this he basically goes crazy and goes on a rampage. Death
can affect someone physically, but
especially mentally.
Even though the reactions and affects of death can be
different they are always tragic. I personally have lost someone in my life and it was horrible. For even the toughest people, losing someone still hurts
them even if it doesn’t look like it. There is a difference in-between let’s
say losing your son compared to losing your parents. Most parents should be
able to say that they love their children more than their lives but most
children wouldn’t legitimately be able to say that about their parents. Both
are tragic things that happen every day to anyone. Any death is a tragedy and
everyone responds in different ways but one thing is for sure. Some deaths are
different from others like a old person who regrets nothing and lived their
dream throughout their life and has a peaceful death. Or something like a young
person dying in a car accident.
Some children think they would be better off on their own
without their parents but they don’t know what it would be like to have both of
them die and then to be all alone. Would you rather have someone you love die a
horrible death in a war or die sleeping with no pain? Even if someone died on
their death bed it is still better and more peaceful. But no matter what death
happens everywhere and no matter what it will not be good even if it happens
every day. (Paulsen) (Emmerich)
Bibliography
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner. New York:
Scholastic, 2010.
The Patriot.
Dir. Rolan Emmerich. 2000.
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