Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Profiling the Dead

This profile is actually quite interesting, just as a well-written profile should be. Wrote by Brian Cable "The Last Stop" gives us insight on the daily routine of a mortician. Cable goes into great detail not just describing how Mr. Dreaver looks (the mortician), but how the actual mortuary looks itself on the outside and inside. One thing i found interesting was how the building was described as an "odd pink structure set in the middle of a business district". I know the mortuary we have at home is a nice building set off away from the road with a beautiful lawn. Also the way that death is profiled in this is a little more than nonchalant than we think about it ourselves. The way that the mortuaries are losing business because of the recent surge in creamtions, and the how there were signs hanging behind the desk (right beside a crucifix) saying credit card were accepted as payment. I just think that is the opitomy of our economy today, and how money is starting to even take over religion. One hundred years ago, that crucifix would have hung high above any kind of sign of payment. Fast forward one hundred years and that sign with the payment options listed on it has slowly kreep up to hang beside the crucifix. This profile does ease some curiosity though, and even fuels a little more. I didn't know how morticians could get the body back to a normal state, but i see now that they use parts off of other bodies. Also how Cable reaches out and prods the body... The cold, clay-like feel... what a thought. This was a good profile.

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