The Lives Of The Dead And When Death Comes

Death--one place we force our minds to completely avoid. The uncertainty and the concept seems so unfair and unjust yet it continually affects us. A nine year old girl, Linda, dying because the world is unjust. Death eventually finds us all but how it finds us is what makes us question our lives. The lives of the dead and “When Death Comes” combines to create a telling story to explain life and the death.
Linda’s story allows the reader to realize that life is fleeting and fragile but what we do with that short time is conclusive. “When Death Comes” compares life and death. Death is illustrated as a dark and indisputable experience but comparing it to “the brass porch light with it’s fierce glow” adds a view of liveliness that questions one’s