Five Stages Of Grieving

When I heard the news, I just sat there. “How could this be?” That is all I could think when I first heard the news that my cousin Debbie passed away. I never got to say goodbye and I do not think I will ever get over her loss. Just as in Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” I was caught up in my own daily life. Not thinking that anything was going to happen, I never found time to stop by and see her. As we went to her funeral, I just sat there reminiscing on old times. I never got to grieve over her death. Moreover, I never cried for what she had to go through and that I could not say goodbye. Grieving is necessary to letting go and trying to move on. Five stages of grieving is shown in “Out, Out” such as: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. As Robert Frost describes the stages of grieving, we see people go back to their daily lives, very quickly. A little boy working in a sawmill was sending boards through the saw to be cut and his hand was caught, too. The doctor had to amputate the boy’s hand, but could not save him. He did not make it; he died of blood-loss and shock. Stage one of grieving is denial. In “Out, Out” we see denial
The statement at the end of that Robert Frost includes, not only depression, but also acceptance. The people close to the boy have accepted the fact that he has passed away. They go back to their daily lives, very quickly. However, this may be because financial needs in the family based off the time period. Also, the doctor puts the boy in “the dark of ether,” because he knows he is not going to make it through the pain and shock. He has accepted this and the boy lay and puffed his lips out with his breath. Then, the watcher took his pulse and he was frightened; the boy had died. No more to build on there. And they turned and went on their affairs. After acceptance, people go back to their normal daily habits. Acceptance allows us to move on and let