Dying: A Short Story
"Here lies the legacy of the poor, ungrateful savages," read the stone that marked the place of the unmark graves of the poor.
The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards, but the ones that peaked the student's interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn't believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked.
The teacher and her proactive thinking need to dispel the conflicts of the discussion, she commented, "Even tho it was unfair for the people's grave to be unmarked just because they were poor but, the rich still had to pay for their graves. It wasn't that they were trying to disrespectful by not marking their graves they just could afford it. In fact, the poor people were lucky they had somewhere to put their loved one's body because sometimes they would have to dispose them into a river or have it rot in the streets." she paused as the students absorbed her response. …show more content…
the teacher had brought in an example of one of the richer people's tombstones.
She had to ask the janitor to help her propel the cart, which was holding the tombstone, into the classroom. The tomb stop was ivory and had neatly written calligraphy with the person's name, date of their birth, and the date f their birth, on was a quote.
"This is a reputation of one of the most expensive or superlative graves made in the late 1800's." The teacher had announced, as she pointed to the tombstone.
Then another grave got rolled into the room the as a squared block of gray stone with chiseled in writing of the person's
name.
"Now remember the first tombstone, this is that person relative. Tho she was not a close relative of the other person, they paid for her. This is one of the cheapest tombstones. Relative typically paid for their other relatives tombstone but did not pay as much as they would for someone in their intimate family." She added, standing between both tombstones.
The students thought repulsion towards the ladies relative for not caring as much to pay for a better quality tombstone. It wasn't in the teacher's agenda to have this many debates and repulsion towards the topic at hand but continued on.
"Some people family or relatives could even afford a tombstone and made a cross out of sticks or twigs." She reaches behind her desk and pulls out a cross of the stick that could be found in a backyard and put together with a rusty nail, "They didn't alway barrier their love ones, they would just use this as a memorial."
The class calmed down as she passed around the cross throughout the classroom.
"Each cemetery had exactly three feet between each grave but, in the unmarked grave cemeteries, bodies could be buried on top of other bodies. The unmarked graveyard is so densely populated because it was public property and free to bury their dead. Unlike the marked graveyard that charged per square footage."
The students went over to the tombstones to examine it and them soon the bell had ringed and they were dismissed from class.
The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards, but the ones that peaked the student's interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn't believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked.
The teacher and her proactive thinking need to dispel the conflicts of the discussion, she commented, "Even tho it was unfair for the people's grave to be unmarked just because they were poor but, the rich still had to pay for their graves. It wasn't that they were trying to disrespectful by not marking their graves they just could afford it. In fact, the poor people were lucky they had somewhere to put their loved one's body because sometimes they would have to dispose them into a river or have it rot in the streets." she paused as the students absorbed her response. …show more content…
the teacher had brought in an example of one of the richer people's tombstones.
She had to ask the janitor to help her propel the cart, which was holding the tombstone, into the classroom. The tomb stop was ivory and had neatly written calligraphy with the person's name, date of their birth, and the date f their birth, on was a quote.
"This is a reputation of one of the most expensive or superlative graves made in the late 1800's." The teacher had announced, as she pointed to the tombstone.
Then another grave got rolled into the room the as a squared block of gray stone with chiseled in writing of the person's
name.
"Now remember the first tombstone, this is that person relative. Tho she was not a close relative of the other person, they paid for her. This is one of the cheapest tombstones. Relative typically paid for their other relatives tombstone but did not pay as much as they would for someone in their intimate family." She added, standing between both tombstones.
The students thought repulsion towards the ladies relative for not caring as much to pay for a better quality tombstone. It wasn't in the teacher's agenda to have this many debates and repulsion towards the topic at hand but continued on.
"Some people family or relatives could even afford a tombstone and made a cross out of sticks or twigs." She reaches behind her desk and pulls out a cross of the stick that could be found in a backyard and put together with a rusty nail, "They didn't alway barrier their love ones, they would just use this as a memorial."
The class calmed down as she passed around the cross throughout the classroom.
"Each cemetery had exactly three feet between each grave but, in the unmarked grave cemeteries, bodies could be buried on top of other bodies. The unmarked graveyard is so densely populated because it was public property and free to bury their dead. Unlike the marked graveyard that charged per square footage."
The students went over to the tombstones to examine it and them soon the bell had ringed and they were dismissed from class.