But as we "innovate", improving on a seemingly meaningless task, we create more problems for ourselves. ... We invent drugs to "cure" the problems - to live say, several more years until once again, another "painful issue" ensues. ... Now provided one is not in a reincarnationalist frame of mind at death, all of this knowledge the doctor or professor has gained is dissipated and lost in the final moments of existence. ...

• Word Count: 822
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet poses the problem of whether to commit suicide as a logical question: "To be, or not to be," that is, to live or not to live. ... This speech is important because it reveals the frame of Hamlet's mind. ...

• Word Count: 653
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Dying Well, Byock approaches death as not a problem to be solved but something to be looked at outside the regular scope of medicine as it is taught in medical school. ... The grief process is highly personal and should not be rushed, nor lengthened, on the basis of an individual's imposed time frame or opinion. ... Those who experience problems working through the stages should consider professional grief counseling or support groups. ...

• Word Count: 1166
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The essay argues that due to scientific evidence pointing towards the fact that the planet is plunging towards its inevitable end, humanity's focus should not be on how to stop or save the planet anymore, but on how to deal with its impending death as well as facing whatever problems the present offers. ... Scranton states that "We can continue acting as if tomorrow will be just like yesterday", growing less and less prepared for each new disaster as it comes, and more and more desperately invested in a life we can't sustain; or we can learn to see each day as the death of ...

• Word Count: 1140
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He provides us with an account of Buck's relatives, just like the people of that time frame might do when introducing friends. ... The author summarizes the idea when he refers to Manuel's gambling problem: faith in a system makes damnation certain. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

People and societies throughout the ages have been trying to answer the problem of putting the value of life into terms of dollar bills. ... Deng, he would think that life is precious and the government should not demean it by trying to bring money into the same picture frame as life. ...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The problems of the family life are the main issues of the movie, not just about a certain race of people. I feel that framing the film around the Indian's personal lives and not around the fact that they were Indians helps depict the similarities between Indians and the white man. ...

• Word Count: 931
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"I felt the seeds of death inside his shriveling frame, and as I laid him in his chair, adjusting his head on the pillow, I had the coldest realization that our time was running out (59)." ... If you can't work and give up some things to make things succeed with the person that you love then you are going to have a lot of problems. ...

• Word Count: 970
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School