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Analysis Of Saving Milly By Linda Bowls

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Milly suffered from a very harmful disease that weakened her and allowed her not to complete specific functions such as swallowing food or water. The Parkinson disease eventually led to death by starvation. Death is an unavoidable experience that every living organism has to deal with. The essay by Linda Bowls allows one to explore the value of death. When death comes for Christians, there is a sense of eternal hope. Although, as Christians we eventually will parish out of our earthly home, we will live in eternity in God's kingdom. From the moment a human being breaths in air, they are destined to die because death is a part of life. Rather it be spiritually or physically Mort Kondracke’s purpose for Milly is to save her. Saving Milly

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