What I found interesting in this chapter were the many different things to do with your body after you died. Of course I knew about burial, cremation, and even aquamation, but I never thought any one would want to be preserved for eternity (plastination). I don't recall any biology concepts in this chapter but there were bits of some of the procedures (how the bones were removed from the body, how the brain is removed at the Brain Bank, and plastination). This chapter was a little uncomfortable for me to read, but I got through it and I feel like Mary Roach did an amazing job telling the reader about her experiences and what she felt about giving her body to science.
I agree with you fully, death is a very touchy subject yet this author did a great job detailing her experiences and explaining how she would want her body to be used after she would die. I also never knew about plastination.
Death is a very touchy subject for most people. People would normally be afraid to die. Yet the author talked about death like she had everything planned out, though she was having a hard time how she's going to get her body sent to the locations where she wants to donate herself too.
I completely agree about death being a touchy subject because everyone has there different opinions about certain procedures that can be done to the body after death. For instance I don't know exactly what I would do, but I think I would respect the final wish of a person, after they are dead, of how they want to be buried, or preserved. Again, some people, as the author said, might be against it because the living people are the ones who have to deal with what they are doing to you, like lying on a lab table. It is all up to what the living person wants to do with what the deceased person has wished to be done to there body: either complete there wish, or disregard it.
Plastination was such a new concept with me. I had never heard the term til Roach went into the explanation. I personally wouldn't want to preserved in such a way. But as for death itself, I don't think I would even know what I would want to happen to my body...though I do agree with Amanda. It all depends on what your loved ones want since it will impact them the most.
I agree with you that the different things that people can do with your body after you die is extremely interesting. Plastination is so new and interesting to me. I cant wait to learn more about it.
Mary did a wonderful job with ending the book because typically the last thing you'll be doing is choosing how you'd like to cast out. It would only be logical to end the book the same way. Unlike most of the replies among yours, all these concepts are not new to me at all. I find them interesting too because this is how you'll be. . . forever. It's the biggest decision you'll make in your life, a decision on how to live when you are dead. The concept of the idea alone should send shivers down your spine. Of course, We're all too young to fully understand the feeling of such a decision, but we can vaguely imagine just how important that is going to be. And of course, it pains me to know that there are so many people who leave the earth much too early for them to even consider dying.
I totally agree with you about how Mary Roach did a excellent job at writing what she felt, experience, and thought about how she would repay her dept to science.
I was surprised to find out about the different things that can be done with the body and how the traveling body museums preserve the bodies. I was disappointed though to find out that brains are not kept in futuristic looking glass jars but rather in ziplock bags.
I knew that cremation existed, but i had never heard about aquamation. It was captivating to read this chapter because it may have convinced me to donate my body to science. But not for plastic surgery practice.
This chapter was rather pleasant and more personal. This chapter showed the various things that can be done to your body after you died. The author went and asked question and spoke her thoughts about donating her body. There wasn't any biology concept in this chapter really. Maybe plastination would be a biology concept or the procedures of removing bones from the body. Mary Roach did not waste her knowledge, she kept providing information, stories, and her humor until the very end. She made this book an interesting one to read and made some good laughs along the way.
I don't like the fact that a minute later I make a comment right after you. But I do agree that this book was pleasant but it would not really go on my top favorite books. The fact that she went to many research facilities (labs), hospitals and universities just to make this book is really mind blowing. I agree that she did not waste her knowledge or time on this book because she was able to explain to us what human cadavers are used for and how we know what we know today. I also agree that she kept this book interesting and made me smile once in a while with her humorous and sarcastic attitude. P.S. We need to stop posting things at the same time. -_-
I do like how this chapter was personal, but I don't think 'pleasant' would quite match the chapter, but more like eye-opening would do better as describing this chapter. This chapter personally caused me to think about what would I want with my body after I have passed away (such a strange thought to have a young age, I know).
This chapter is interesting. I'm not going to lie but Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach seems to take her death lightly. Wait let me rephrase that, Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach is happy to die because she accomplished a dream (I think it was her dream) of hers. Even when she is dying she still seems to know to make the reader laugh (or at least smile). The biology concept I read in this chapter is "plastination." I'm not sure how this will tie to our biology course but I know that Mr. Gantt will have something for us that deals with plastination (I hope). "Stiff" was a good book. Even though I really didn't enjoy it (no offense to Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach) this book was still really informational and the fact on how she put so much hard work in this book.
Why must you submit a minute after I submit my post? Though I do agree that Mary Roach has put a lot of hard work into this book. Looking up information from resources, traveling everywhere, asking people questions, would have been a very long hassle. I do not know if Mary Roach did accomplish a dream but I bet she has accomplished goals. I really don't know if plastination would tie in to our biology course but Mr. Gantt probably has something up his sleeve to at least understand plastination a bit more than we already learned. Even though you didn't enjoy the book, you learned something from it and you probably had a laugh or two (i DOUBT it though since you didn't even smile >.>)
I disagree that its the author's "dream" to die, but I do think she's accepting of death in general and sees it as a natural occurrence that no one can avoid (unless someone discovers the fountain of youth). Plastination was definitely an interesting biological concept introduced, and I would have never thought that there were people interested in preserving their dead bodies. Perhaps, in class, we'll observe dead animals, or body parts, that have gone under plastination.
When I was reading this book I was looking forward to reading the end to find out if the author, after going through all of this experience, would donate her body to science. When I read that she decided she would let her husband decide what he would do with her body I was a little shocked. I thought that after seeing everything and knowing everything she knew she would definitely donate her body to science. I believe that this relates to biology because in order for people to find out about what really happens to people and to learn about them they need cadavers to experiment and learn about because if not no one would really know for sure what is going on.
This chapter had to be the best out of all of them I was looking forward to the end because after everything she witnessed i wanted to know what she was going to do with her body. it was shocking to know that she was going to let her husband decide for her, but I would do the same. There are so many options to choose from, I would just let my Husband decide what he wants to do with me at the end. Whatever happens to me whether its a traditional burial or using me as compost there will be a reason for the decision.
I was actually just as shock! I thought she would strongly want her body to go to science but when she mentioned her husband deciding for her, I was confused to why. After she went into her explanation how much more it matters to the living of what happens to their loved one's bodies, I finally understood her decisions.
I agree with you, I was also shocked in her decision. After all once she was dead, she couldn’t ask in what to do with her body once she passed away. Additionally I wanted to find out if this book really had a purpose or impact on her own decision. All in all this was a great chapter and I enjoyed most parts of the book. it had a very interesting ending, in which I did not really see coming.
I to was shock when she said that she would let her husband decide what will happened to her body. I also do think this is the best of the chapter because it answers the question we had throughout the story. Is she going to donate her body to science?
really enjoyed the way she ended the book even though i was also disappointed to read that she let her husband decide for her. but i was also wondering also what she would do so when i finally got to the end of the book it really did meet my expectations and i was very satisfied with the book
The final chapter for me was the best because it was all about the different options that a person has for when they die. It was interesting for me because I had no clue that there were so many different options, especially one to preserve your body as if it was still alive. This technique, which was taught in this chapter, called plastination was very...interesting. I believe this technique will tie into the Anatomy course because the items we may use to learn maybe plastinated and if not I'm sure they be some sort of experiment to recreate the effects of the plastination process. Ironically, instead of the author being sad in the text about finding what she will use her body for when she dies, she has a sense of humor. I feel she wants to be used for something more than a fertilizer in the ground. In the end, I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it.
I totally agree that she has a great sense of humor and that this is a great book. I would also recommend it to anyone that is going to biology. I also do hope that we will use body parts that are plastered so that we can see how its looks like and whats it feels like.
I agree with what you wrote. It was very interesting to know that you can preserve your body. They’re so many decisions that person has for when they die. It was quite disappointing to read that her husband is going to decide what to do when she’s departed.
The final chapter was definitely a chapter I was looking forward to. Throughout each chapter, Roach showed the many things that cadavers go through, and that had me constantly wondering what she would want for her body when she passes away. In her case, she would have her husband choose what would happen to her. But along with closing up her book with what she would do with her body, she introduces plastination, the preserving of biological tissue. Other than that, I think this was interesting way to finish off the book. She really did well with writing "Stiff". It wasn't boring and it grabbed my attention with her use of humor, sarcasm, and knowledge.
I completely agree with you and also very much looked forward to the end of the book as soon as I started reading this book. As I mentioned in my post, I also thought it was a great way to end the book and overall found "Stiff" to be very interesting.
I was also looking forward to reading this book. Not only because it was the end of the book, but also because I found the title very interesting. Throughout the entire text, the author was speaking about the process a human cadaver goes through. Now at the end of the book, it amazed me in her decision of what to do with her very own cadaver. This was a very good way of ending this book. I really enjoyed reading it.
This was a great way of wrapping up the book. Sadly I wasn't looking forward to getting to it since the book was such an interesting read! I liked how she would let her husband decide what to do with her body rather than impose her on views on him, I found that rather touching.
Chapter 12, Remains of the Author, was the only chapter I actually looked forward to reading. After reading the title I was very curious and couldn’t help but read on. I instantly wanted to know more about the different options that people had to do with dead bodies. After going through eleven other chapters of learning new things about dead bodies and their remains I started to wonder, “What would Mary Roach do?” I think this chapter was a great way to put a nice ending to the book. I liked to learn about what the author wished to do with her remains and how she more or less wanted to end up as a brain sitting in a jar. The last thing I was expecting was to be left completely shocked as I was. I couldn’t believe that after all her discoveries, she left the last word up to her husband. I personally would have done the same but did not expect it from her. By the way she wrote the rest of the book I figured she would have made a decision of her own. In the end its your family who chooses what to do with your final remains after all. I very much enjoyed the book and would definitely like to know what Roach’s husband decides to do when the time comes.
I also enjoyed the ending very much. I was also quite shocked when I read about her decision to leave it up to her husband. I was shocked but it was definitely a great ending.
I would say, the ending really ended with a bang, not only did the author make you wonder. It makes you wonder what is really inside us. It leaves you thinking about how you are made of, and how everything works inside of you, because we were not just made up.
"Remains of the Author, Chapter 12 of the novel, was really interesting. Throughout the novel I felt as if the author was having a really natural conversation with the reader and this chapter was the one I felt really connected the reader to Mary Roach's words. She was talking about many different methods of burial and what she had been considering for herself, and I really enjoyed that she inserted her own personal views into the novel and felt is was the perfect choice for the ending. Concepts in this chapter that related to biology were the parts about brain donation for examination, as well as some of the other ways to donate your body to science, and plastination. This may play a role into our course, should we study the brain and it's parts, as well as research and discover what parts may be affected by mental illness and dysfunction. This text, as I stated before, felt really personal coming from the author and, yet, was still very informational. I loved how she wanted to do what was most comfortable for her own husband and I think that is very thoughtful of her to do. It was a good way to end the novel, and this book made me think really hard about what I'd want to do with my body once I die.
This chapter is about what Mary Roach is going to do with her body when she dies. Is she going to have a normal burial? Or. Is she going to get her body plastered for it to live forever? Nope the right answer is she is going to let her husband decide because its what the families decide to do with the cadaver . So what happened to her mother would not happened to any of her other family. But she still thinks about it at the end.
I found the last chapter of the book interesting because after writing everything about cadavers she tells us about her plans for her body. I was surprised to find out that India banned making skeletons because of the killing and harvesting of thousands of children’s skeletons. She also brought up the subject of whether the family should comply with the loved one’s wishes or do what is comfortable with them. She also wrote about Skeleton models used in classrooms and colleges. I agree with Roach , for the most part. If a family is very uncomfortable with what the deceased loved one chose to with their body then they should do what is comfortable with them to a certain extent. But I also believe that the person’s choice should be honored and respected, especially when it is organ donation. -Meyling Yi
I enjoyed the way she finished the book because she says shes okay with being dissected by students, she wrote a book about the ways that your body can be used for science and if she does end up helping science in any way the day she passes someone that read her book will know shes okay with it.
Chapter 12 "Remains of The Author" really told us about what the entire book way basically about. Mary Roach is a person that is very interested in the Human body and what's inside of it. I would even agree that what is under our skin is something that we will never know how it came to be. But we do know about how its structured and see how, through many years of evolution, our bodies came to become this almost irreplaceable shell of many different structures to make it come to life.
Mary Roach is that kind of person who wants to donate her body to science. She wants to be recognized as those people who saved a life. After giving us vivid descriptions about cadavers she tells us what she wants to do after her death. I was expecting for her to get her body plastered and be viewed as a display. But I was shocked to read that she’ll have her husband dispose her the way he wants to. After all, he’s going to be the one deciding how to dispose her stiff body. I do however feel like the person’s choice should be respected.
What I found interesting in this chapter were the many different things to do with your body after you died. Of course I knew about burial, cremation, and even aquamation, but I never thought any one would want to be preserved for eternity (plastination).
ReplyDeleteI don't recall any biology concepts in this chapter but there were bits of some of the procedures (how the bones were removed from the body, how the brain is removed at the Brain Bank, and plastination).
This chapter was a little uncomfortable for me to read, but I got through it and I feel like Mary Roach did an amazing job telling the reader about her experiences and what she felt about giving her body to science.
I agree with you fully, death is a very touchy subject yet this author did a great job detailing her experiences and explaining how she would want her body to be used after she would die. I also never knew about plastination.
DeleteDeath is a very touchy subject for most people. People would normally be afraid to die. Yet the author talked about death like she had everything planned out, though she was having a hard time how she's going to get her body sent to the locations where she wants to donate herself too.
DeleteI completely agree about death being a touchy subject because everyone has there different opinions about certain procedures that can be done to the body after death. For instance I don't know exactly what I would do, but I think I would respect the final wish of a person, after they are dead, of how they want to be buried, or preserved. Again, some people, as the author said, might be against it because the living people are the ones who have to deal with what they are doing to you, like lying on a lab table. It is all up to what the living person wants to do with what the deceased person has wished to be done to there body: either complete there wish, or disregard it.
DeletePlastination was such a new concept with me. I had never heard the term til Roach went into the explanation. I personally wouldn't want to preserved in such a way. But as for death itself, I don't think I would even know what I would want to happen to my body...though I do agree with Amanda. It all depends on what your loved ones want since it will impact them the most.
DeleteI agree with you that the different things that people can do with your body after you die is extremely interesting. Plastination is so new and interesting to me. I cant wait to learn more about it.
DeleteMary did a wonderful job with ending the book because typically the last thing you'll be doing is choosing how you'd like to cast out. It would only be logical to end the book the same way. Unlike most of the replies among yours, all these concepts are not new to me at all. I find them interesting too because this is how you'll be. . . forever. It's the biggest decision you'll make in your life, a decision on how to live when you are dead. The concept of the idea alone should send shivers down your spine. Of course, We're all too young to fully understand the feeling of such a decision, but we can vaguely imagine just how important that is going to be. And of course, it pains me to know that there are so many people who leave the earth much too early for them to even consider dying.
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DeleteI totally agree with you about how Mary Roach did a excellent job at writing what she felt, experience, and thought about how she would repay her dept to science.
DeleteI was surprised to find out about the different things that can be done with the body and how the traveling body museums preserve the bodies. I was disappointed though to find out that brains are not kept in futuristic looking glass jars but rather in ziplock bags.
DeleteI knew that cremation existed, but i had never heard about aquamation. It was captivating to read this chapter because it may have convinced me to donate my body to science. But not for plastic surgery practice.
DeleteThis chapter was rather pleasant and more personal. This chapter showed the various things that can be done to your body after you died. The author went and asked question and spoke her thoughts about donating her body. There wasn't any biology concept in this chapter really. Maybe plastination would be a biology concept or the procedures of removing bones from the body. Mary Roach did not waste her knowledge, she kept providing information, stories, and her humor until the very end. She made this book an interesting one to read and made some good laughs along the way.
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DeleteI don't like the fact that a minute later I make a comment right after you. But I do agree that this book was pleasant but it would not really go on my top favorite books. The fact that she went to many research facilities (labs), hospitals and universities just to make this book is really mind blowing. I agree that she did not waste her knowledge or time on this book because she was able to explain to us what human cadavers are used for and how we know what we know today. I also agree that she kept this book interesting and made me smile once in a while with her humorous and sarcastic attitude. P.S. We need to stop posting things at the same time. -_-
DeleteI do like how this chapter was personal, but I don't think 'pleasant' would quite match the chapter, but more like eye-opening would do better as describing this chapter. This chapter personally caused me to think about what would I want with my body after I have passed away (such a strange thought to have a young age, I know).
DeleteThis chapter is interesting. I'm not going to lie but Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach seems to take her death lightly. Wait let me rephrase that, Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach is happy to die because she accomplished a dream (I think it was her dream) of hers. Even when she is dying she still seems to know to make the reader laugh (or at least smile). The biology concept I read in this chapter is "plastination." I'm not sure how this will tie to our biology course but I know that Mr. Gantt will have something for us that deals with plastination (I hope). "Stiff" was a good book. Even though I really didn't enjoy it (no offense to Ms./Mrs. Mary Roach) this book was still really informational and the fact on how she put so much hard work in this book.
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DeleteThough I do agree that Mary Roach has put a lot of hard work into this book. Looking up information from resources, traveling everywhere, asking people questions, would have been a very long hassle. I do not know if Mary Roach did accomplish a dream but I bet she has accomplished goals.
I really don't know if plastination would tie in to our biology course but Mr. Gantt probably has something up his sleeve to at least understand plastination a bit more than we already learned. Even though you didn't enjoy the book, you learned something from it and you probably had a laugh or two (i DOUBT it though since you didn't even smile >.>)
I disagree that its the author's "dream" to die, but I do think she's accepting of death in general and sees it as a natural occurrence that no one can avoid (unless someone discovers the fountain of youth). Plastination was definitely an interesting biological concept introduced, and I would have never thought that there were people interested in preserving their dead bodies. Perhaps, in class, we'll observe dead animals, or body parts, that have gone under plastination.
DeleteWhen I was reading this book I was looking forward to reading the end to find out if the author, after going through all of this experience, would donate her body to science. When I read that she decided she would let her husband decide what he would do with her body I was a little shocked. I thought that after seeing everything and knowing everything she knew she would definitely donate her body to science. I believe that this relates to biology because in order for people to find out about what really happens to people and to learn about them they need cadavers to experiment and learn about because if not no one would really know for sure what is going on.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter had to be the best out of all of them I was looking forward to the end because after everything she witnessed i wanted to know what she was going to do with her body. it was shocking to know that she was going to let her husband decide for her, but I would do the same. There are so many options to choose from, I would just let my Husband decide what he wants to do with me at the end. Whatever happens to me whether its a traditional burial or using me as compost there will be a reason for the decision.
DeleteI was actually just as shock! I thought she would strongly want her body to go to science but when she mentioned her husband deciding for her, I was confused to why. After she went into her explanation how much more it matters to the living of what happens to their loved one's bodies, I finally understood her decisions.
DeleteI agree with you, I was also shocked in her decision. After all once she was dead, she couldn’t ask in what to do with her body once she passed away. Additionally I wanted to find out if this book really had a purpose or impact on her own decision. All in all this was a great chapter and I enjoyed most parts of the book. it had a very interesting ending, in which I did not really see coming.
DeleteI to was shock when she said that she would let her husband decide what will happened to her body. I also do think this is the best of the chapter because it answers the question we had throughout the story. Is she going to donate her body to science?
Deletereally enjoyed the way she ended the book even though i was also disappointed to read that she let her husband decide for her. but i was also wondering also what she would do so when i finally got to the end of the book it really did meet my expectations and i was very satisfied with the book
DeleteThe final chapter for me was the best because it was all about the different options that a person has for when they die. It was interesting for me because I had no clue that there were so many different options, especially one to preserve your body as if it was still alive. This technique, which was taught in this chapter, called plastination was very...interesting. I believe this technique will tie into the Anatomy course because the items we may use to learn maybe plastinated and if not I'm sure they be some sort of experiment to recreate the effects of the plastination process. Ironically, instead of the author being sad in the text about finding what she will use her body for when she dies, she has a sense of humor. I feel she wants to be used for something more than a fertilizer in the ground. In the end, I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that she has a great sense of humor and that this is a great book. I would also recommend it to anyone that is going to biology. I also do hope that we will use body parts that are plastered so that we can see how its looks like and whats it feels like.
DeleteI agree with what you wrote. It was very interesting to know that you can preserve your body. They’re so many decisions that person has for when they die. It was quite disappointing to read that her husband is going to decide what to do when she’s departed.
DeleteThe final chapter was definitely a chapter I was looking forward to. Throughout each chapter, Roach showed the many things that cadavers go through, and that had me constantly wondering what she would want for her body when she passes away. In her case, she would have her husband choose what would happen to her. But along with closing up her book with what she would do with her body, she introduces plastination, the preserving of biological tissue. Other than that, I think this was interesting way to finish off the book. She really did well with writing "Stiff". It wasn't boring and it grabbed my attention with her use of humor, sarcasm, and knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you and also very much looked forward to the end of the book as soon as I started reading this book. As I mentioned in my post, I also thought it was a great way to end the book and overall found "Stiff" to be very interesting.
DeleteI was also looking forward to reading this book. Not only because it was the end of the book, but also because I found the title very interesting. Throughout the entire text, the author was speaking about the process a human cadaver goes through. Now at the end of the book, it amazed me in her decision of what to do with her very own cadaver. This was a very good way of ending this book. I really enjoyed reading it.
DeleteI agree the final chapter was a chapter that was really good at finishing up the book.
DeleteThis was a great way of wrapping up the book. Sadly I wasn't looking forward to getting to it since the book was such an interesting read! I liked how she would let her husband decide what to do with her body rather than impose her on views on him, I found that rather touching.
DeleteChapter 12, Remains of the Author, was the only chapter I actually looked forward to reading. After reading the title I was very curious and couldn’t help but read on. I instantly wanted to know more about the different options that people had to do with dead bodies. After going through eleven other chapters of learning new things about dead bodies and their remains I started to wonder, “What would Mary Roach do?” I think this chapter was a great way to put a nice ending to the book. I liked to learn about what the author wished to do with her remains and how she more or less wanted to end up as a brain sitting in a jar. The last thing I was expecting was to be left completely shocked as I was. I couldn’t believe that after all her discoveries, she left the last word up to her husband. I personally would have done the same but did not expect it from her. By the way she wrote the rest of the book I figured she would have made a decision of her own. In the end its your family who chooses what to do with your final remains after all. I very much enjoyed the book and would definitely like to know what Roach’s husband decides to do when the time comes.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the ending very much. I was also quite shocked when I read about her decision to leave it up to her husband. I was shocked but it was definitely a great ending.
DeleteI would say, the ending really ended with a bang, not only did the author make you wonder. It makes you wonder what is really inside us. It leaves you thinking about how you are made of, and how everything works inside of you, because we were not just made up.
Delete"Remains of the Author, Chapter 12 of the novel, was really interesting. Throughout the novel I felt as if the author was having a really natural conversation with the reader and this chapter was the one I felt really connected the reader to Mary Roach's words. She was talking about many different methods of burial and what she had been considering for herself, and I really enjoyed that she inserted her own personal views into the novel and felt is was the perfect choice for the ending. Concepts in this chapter that related to biology were the parts about brain donation for examination, as well as some of the other ways to donate your body to science, and plastination. This may play a role into our course, should we study the brain and it's parts, as well as research and discover what parts may be affected by mental illness and dysfunction. This text, as I stated before, felt really personal coming from the author and, yet, was still very informational. I loved how she wanted to do what was most comfortable for her own husband and I think that is very thoughtful of her to do. It was a good way to end the novel, and this book made me think really hard about what I'd want to do with my body once I die.
ReplyDeleteThis chapter is about what Mary Roach is going to do with her body when she dies. Is she going to have a normal burial? Or. Is she going to get her body plastered for it to live forever? Nope the right answer is she is going to let her husband decide because its what the families decide to do with the cadaver . So what happened to her mother would not happened to any of her other family. But she still thinks about it at the end.
ReplyDeleteI found the last chapter of the book interesting because after writing everything about cadavers she tells us about her plans for her body. I was surprised to find out that India banned making skeletons because of the killing and harvesting of thousands of children’s skeletons. She also brought up the subject of whether the family should comply with the loved one’s wishes or do what is comfortable with them. She also wrote about Skeleton models used in classrooms and colleges. I agree with Roach , for the most part. If a family is very uncomfortable with what the deceased loved one chose to with their body then they should do what is comfortable with them to a certain extent. But I also believe that the person’s choice should be honored and respected, especially when it is organ donation.
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I enjoyed the way she finished the book because she says shes okay with being dissected by students, she wrote a book about the ways that your body can be used for science and if she does end up helping science in any way the day she passes someone that read her book will know shes okay with it.
ReplyDeleteChapter 12 "Remains of The Author" really told us about what the entire book way basically about. Mary Roach is a person that is very interested in the Human body and what's inside of it. I would even agree that what is under our skin is something that we will never know how it came to be. But we do know about how its structured and see how, through many years of evolution, our bodies came to become this almost irreplaceable shell of many different structures to make it come to life.
ReplyDeleteMary Roach is that kind of person who wants to donate her body to science. She wants to be recognized as those people who saved a life. After giving us vivid descriptions about cadavers she tells us what she wants to do after her death. I was expecting for her to get her body plastered and be viewed as a display. But I was shocked to read that she’ll have her husband dispose her the way he wants to. After all, he’s going to be the one deciding how to dispose her stiff body. I do however feel like the person’s choice should be respected.
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