Death In Thomas Lynch's 'Mortal Remains'

As there is life, there is death too. Everything that is born starts its journey to the final destination. Death is an inevitable part of our lives that can neither be controlled nor denied. The only thing that people can do about it is to deal with it. The article “Mortal Remains” from Thomas Lynch talks about the new trends in America. He says that Americans prefer cremation over a traditional burial. The problem that the author discusses is by using cremation people cannot properly send the dead on their way. He thinks that people who choose cremation for their loved ones are avoiding dealing with the uncomfortable aspects of death. Thomas Lynch wonders how these people deal with life in general, if they cannot deal with something as natural and inevitable as death. I agree with Thomas Lynch that cremation is the easy way out, because in this way people are not

Funerals are technically in honor of the dead but are made to help the living. They are a way of saying goodbye for the very last time and letting all of your grief out. People should cry, bang the door, go crazy, just to make them feel better. The problem that cremation faces is that the last goodbye is taken away, replaced by the ashes that no longer have the same value. There is no place that people can go let their grief out. There is no tombstone, no place that the person exists and belongs to. He is scattered in his favorite golf course, or in the ocean, somewhere he no longer exists. This leaves the people who are missing him without a place of comfort and solitude. This avoidance is not how people can deal with death. In my opinion, cremation should not be considered a good way of a burial, because a comfort in a bad moment is worse than the sadness of not overcoming death through all your life. The only way that people can overcome death is to face it right