Resons Why the Militaryis a Bad Career
Kyle Kuroski
English 1104: Written English 1
Professor Beighley
1/23/2013
Reading Response #1 1) The publics’ knowledge of embalming has changed. Like Jessica Mitford said not one in ten-thousand Americans really know what takes place during the embalming process. When embalming first began it was done in the home of the deceased, it was almost mandatory that a relative stay by the embalmers side and witness the whole procedure. Today it is totally reversed. All people, except apprentices are not to be in the room by law. 2) Mitford does compare the embalmer to other professionals. In the beginning of Mitford’s essay her first comparison is comparing the embalmer to a derma surgeon. After this the second comparison is about the embalmers tools to those of surgeons tools. Later on in the essay Mitford is explaining the restoration process. When she explains how restoration is done Mitford says that the embalmer brings into play the skill and equipment of a sculptor and cosmetician. These analogies are more flattering than critical in my point of view. I came to this because if they were critical that would mean that they were a very important part of the process. It’s nice to compare especially when you are reading about something like embalming because that is a subject that before reading about I did not know very much about. So that is how I came to the conclusion that the analogies were more flattering than critical. 3) The first major stage in the process of embalming and restoration is draining the blood through the veins and replaced by embalming fluid pumped in through the arteries. “The next step is to have at Mr.Jones with a thing called a trocar. This is a long, hollow needle attached to a tube. It is jabbed in the abdomen, poked around in the entrails and chest cavity; the contents are pumped out and replaced with cavity fluid”. (Mitford page 305 ) Next the formative work is begun and affected tissues are removed. After this is done if
English 1104: Written English 1
Professor Beighley
1/23/2013
Reading Response #1 1) The publics’ knowledge of embalming has changed. Like Jessica Mitford said not one in ten-thousand Americans really know what takes place during the embalming process. When embalming first began it was done in the home of the deceased, it was almost mandatory that a relative stay by the embalmers side and witness the whole procedure. Today it is totally reversed. All people, except apprentices are not to be in the room by law. 2) Mitford does compare the embalmer to other professionals. In the beginning of Mitford’s essay her first comparison is comparing the embalmer to a derma surgeon. After this the second comparison is about the embalmers tools to those of surgeons tools. Later on in the essay Mitford is explaining the restoration process. When she explains how restoration is done Mitford says that the embalmer brings into play the skill and equipment of a sculptor and cosmetician. These analogies are more flattering than critical in my point of view. I came to this because if they were critical that would mean that they were a very important part of the process. It’s nice to compare especially when you are reading about something like embalming because that is a subject that before reading about I did not know very much about. So that is how I came to the conclusion that the analogies were more flattering than critical. 3) The first major stage in the process of embalming and restoration is draining the blood through the veins and replaced by embalming fluid pumped in through the arteries. “The next step is to have at Mr.Jones with a thing called a trocar. This is a long, hollow needle attached to a tube. It is jabbed in the abdomen, poked around in the entrails and chest cavity; the contents are pumped out and replaced with cavity fluid”. (Mitford page 305 ) Next the formative work is begun and affected tissues are removed. After this is done if