Christopher R
1A
On Thanksgiving, all that we know to be true about food, in terms of how much of it should we eat and what kinds of food are better to eat then others are disregarded. The vegetables that are prepared take a back seat to the turkey, ham, stuffing, macaroni and cheese and all other foods. This could be seen something “anti-body” because after eating this food you have to sit down or go to sleep. While most people eat until they are no longer hungry on Thanksgiving you eat until you are no longer able to function. The more plates of food consumed the more effective the holiday was used. It’s the one excuse to eat as much as possible and not get judged or have to think about the diet you were recently on. A “body-centered” view that our culture has is eat a balanced meal. This way you won’t get obese and look unappealing to everyone.
At the Thanksgiving table were I was only one person decided to keep this idea in mind. The only thing she ate was a piece of ham, some cabbage, and small piece of turkey. My uncle however did the opposite and ate, about 3 servings of macaroni and cheese, 3 servings of turkey, 2 servings of ham, 2 servings of stuffing, 1 slice of red velvet cake, 1 slice of cheese cake, 1 slice of strawberry cake, and 1 slice of pumpkin pie. According to him dieting is only for people who are inactive and as long as he goes around the block a couple of times he’ll be okay, eating this much food was not a problem for him. I would classify this as an “anti-body” thing considering his torso resembled Homer Simpson’s and it almost looked as if he was forcing himself to eat this much. Compared to him everyone else’s food choice seemed “body-centered” stopping after one plate but going back every now and then picking up an extra serving of one or to things and trying to reframe from eating more pie.
The food pleasure dominated the event seeing as that was the main focus of the conversation even after the food was made and could no longer be edited. With each new food eaten, someone would ask if it was as good as last year or compared to someone else. Whenever one person thought that one dish was the best another one of my family members would ask “Is it as good as the way I make it?” And my uncle would say “This food is real good, if I go to someone’s house and they make food that I don’t like I would definitely tell them because If I don’t they won’t know how to make it.” Then there was my 89 year old grandmother who doesn’t talk a lot who spoke after done eating and said “This food was real good. It taste like the food I used to make, I taught all of you how to cook real good”. Instead of watching football my family likes to eat food then talk about the food and who cooks it best. Instead of debating a controversial call in a game of “pig-skin” my family debates the controversial call of who makes the best ham.
The background elements related to illness and dying is probably shown through the people in my family, asthma and diabetes is something that has been in my family for a long time. Also many people in my family were overweight but the person who has been the most sick was my grandmother. She was in the hospital because she was having heart problems in 2007. No one talks about that anymore but because she’s so old when my mother was giving her early Christmas presents my aunt said, “Christmas isn’t promised to her”. That kind of killed the mood but it also made everyone enjoy her presence much more than before the statement.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thought on illness and Dying
Christopher R 11/23/10
1A
Illness and Dying Thoughts
I think someone dying is something people are always overreacting to. One of the only things that is promised in this world is the day you will die. I think what really makes people afraid does not know when it is going to happen and because of this you can’t say goodbye to anyone. Also in the United States many people are afraid that the way they will be killed is by homicide because on the news there are always cases about people being murdered. If you think that your last minutes on earth will be the most physically is what scares people the most. However I think that knowing you’re going to die makes what you do on earth a lot more meaningful and depending on the different views a person has such as religion, dying could be a good thing.
A lot of people in the world believe in Christianity and in the Christian religion when someone dies they might go to hell depending on the sins that they have committed on earth. Others who are faithful to God and follow by the religion go to heaven. However I’ve never met one person to come back from being dead and say exactly what happens and because of what people am told dying is something to fear. It’s seen as a point of no return, there is no way to be with the people who you loved on earth. If dying is really a place where you have to be by yourself not able to see anyone you love or know it becomes something people want to avoid. I think when someone gets sick and is near death you start to feel for them more because while you are able to stay on the earth with friends and family they have to ‘’die and go off to near return’’.
What I have been taught about death, is when someone dies you have a funeral to remember all of the things that person did on earth and it’s a time for the friends and family to come together to reminisce. A lot of people tend to cry at funerals again because this person will never return to them but I see a funeral as a celebration. It isn’t a joyous celebration but it’s a time to take a step back from reality and think about the person and celebrate the life that they lived opposed to the live that they are no longer going to be living. I think what I’ve been taught about death is probably the norm for people who live in the United States, such as flowers at the funeral, wearing all black to show that you are mourning someone and a casket that is going to be the final resting bed. But on to Illness, I don’t think that illness is too far from dying. Being dead however is something different but many people who are ill have a chance of dying. When someone is ill people tend to classify them in the same category as someone who is dying.
When you are dying people picture the person to be unable to help themself. They are in a state where that person’s body is not at one hundred percent and they are usually seen as weak, and hopeless. This is also how people who are ill are depicted. It’s almost like illness is a step before dying. If you become progressingly ill than your considered dying.
I don’t know what would be a way of dealing with sickness and dying. The ways that are shown in the media are usually the ways that people tend to handle this in real life. If someone is sick or dying, usually they are in a hospital or have someone taking care of them, and when they die they have a funeral or they are cremated.
1A
Illness and Dying Thoughts
I think someone dying is something people are always overreacting to. One of the only things that is promised in this world is the day you will die. I think what really makes people afraid does not know when it is going to happen and because of this you can’t say goodbye to anyone. Also in the United States many people are afraid that the way they will be killed is by homicide because on the news there are always cases about people being murdered. If you think that your last minutes on earth will be the most physically is what scares people the most. However I think that knowing you’re going to die makes what you do on earth a lot more meaningful and depending on the different views a person has such as religion, dying could be a good thing.
A lot of people in the world believe in Christianity and in the Christian religion when someone dies they might go to hell depending on the sins that they have committed on earth. Others who are faithful to God and follow by the religion go to heaven. However I’ve never met one person to come back from being dead and say exactly what happens and because of what people am told dying is something to fear. It’s seen as a point of no return, there is no way to be with the people who you loved on earth. If dying is really a place where you have to be by yourself not able to see anyone you love or know it becomes something people want to avoid. I think when someone gets sick and is near death you start to feel for them more because while you are able to stay on the earth with friends and family they have to ‘’die and go off to near return’’.
What I have been taught about death, is when someone dies you have a funeral to remember all of the things that person did on earth and it’s a time for the friends and family to come together to reminisce. A lot of people tend to cry at funerals again because this person will never return to them but I see a funeral as a celebration. It isn’t a joyous celebration but it’s a time to take a step back from reality and think about the person and celebrate the life that they lived opposed to the live that they are no longer going to be living. I think what I’ve been taught about death is probably the norm for people who live in the United States, such as flowers at the funeral, wearing all black to show that you are mourning someone and a casket that is going to be the final resting bed. But on to Illness, I don’t think that illness is too far from dying. Being dead however is something different but many people who are ill have a chance of dying. When someone is ill people tend to classify them in the same category as someone who is dying.
When you are dying people picture the person to be unable to help themself. They are in a state where that person’s body is not at one hundred percent and they are usually seen as weak, and hopeless. This is also how people who are ill are depicted. It’s almost like illness is a step before dying. If you become progressingly ill than your considered dying.
I don’t know what would be a way of dealing with sickness and dying. The ways that are shown in the media are usually the ways that people tend to handle this in real life. If someone is sick or dying, usually they are in a hospital or have someone taking care of them, and when they die they have a funeral or they are cremated.
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