Reactions to death and tragedy range depending on the cause and effect of the situation. People react differently to every situation, but with tragedy and death, a common reactions can range from anger to depression to fear. All of these can be authentic responses, but the question is whether these reactions are appropriate. In circumstances of tragedy and death, emotional responses are appropriate when they are authentic and additionally evoke action. In times of death and tragedy, appropriate responses are the authentic ones. The emotions that stay hold true to you times of loneliness but also public events. School shootings, for example, evoke authentic but also exaggerated emotions. There is no correct way to act authentically, …show more content…
She expresses how she is fearful that her child will lose innocence because of the school shooting drills she will have to experience. Stating that “all the innocence [sic] of what I thought my three-year-old possessed would be gone” (Source D). The fear this mother expresses is an authentic yet appropriate response to the death and tragedy. She has a undenying commitment and determination to protect her child by any means necessary. To pull a child out of school may seen exaggerated, but none the less, the reaction is authentic to the tragedy at hand. She only verbally expresses the genuine fear many parents express in schools today. Some do claim that not all authentic response have to be extreme and life changing. That responses to immense tragedy can include silence. That the most authentic and appropriate responses are the ones not heard. Although it is impossible to see how people genuinely feel about a certain situation, it can be confirmed that not every response has to be extreme in order to be authentic, but, it does not discount the extreme responses as any less authentic. In Source E, a grieving daughter thoughtfully embraces her mother's death and speaks about her future without her. She admits that her mother's