Essays on Grief

Gilgamesh will have to face the five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Acceptance for Gilgamesh seems to be the hardest for him. He had to find a way to adjust to the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu and then come to accept his own morality. Gilgamesh first went through…

Inside Out is an animated movie geared for a children’s audience that follows a young girl named Riley as she experiences her family’s move across the country. In this paper, I will use the movie to illustrate the theories of Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg on Stages of Development and Kubler-Ross on Stages of Grief. We…

It is not easy to get over the trauma of being shot, let alone to forgive the person who is responsible for the shooting. It also depends on the situation in which one is in, in that moment and how he/ she gets out of it. In the case of Gerald Stern, a poet on…

“Orientation” is a short story written by Daniel Orozco, who was born in San Francisco in 1957 and currently resides in the same city. Orozco also teaches creative writing at Stanford University. The story was first published in The Seattle Review in 1994. “Orientation” begins abruptly, with a new employee being given a tour of…

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, various transformations are depicted, including humans turning into objects, plants, and animals. Additionally, the changing of seasons is attributed to the emotions of the Gods. While most people nowadays believe that the changing seasons result from the earth’s rotation around the sun, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, these changes are shown to be a…

The reason I chose Zoe Ashland is because she is a gorgeous, strong, and independent woman. She keeps her head up even if she’ hurting inside. She is an inspiration for Hispanic descendents. She is very focused and determined. Ashland has been working since the age of 21 . She makes me want to keep…

In our society, the occurrence of death was once common in daily life but has now become a more personal matter. This shift provides an opportunity to examine how the ecological and strengths perspective influence our coping mechanisms for dealing with loss. The focus of this essay is to explore how the grief experienced by…

November 22nd, 1963 the world was changed forever. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Three days later on November 25th, the world had to say goodbye to a beloved president at his state funeral. One of the most iconic images from those few days was the photo of JFK Jr., age 3, giving his father’s…

According to Merriam-Webster, sorrow is defined as a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. The duration of grief and the dimensions of sorrow extend beyond mere words. They encompass the introspective thoughts of a remorseful soldier, exemplified in Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It”. Komunyakaa, himself…

Today is a day of great sadness in the world of literature. Although I did not have the opportunity to personally know Amy Bender, her writing deeply affected my emotions. The news of her sudden death was incredibly shocking and left me feeling overwhelmed with sorrow. In her novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake,…