Author's Note: In school we have been understanding the concept of writing about theme. This topic can be very challenging, but I feel like I have grown as a writer by being introduced to theme. My essay is about coping with death. I used the books, Heaven is for Real, A Walk to Remember, and The Hunger Games to show the connections of coping with death as the books theme's.
What is the most distressing moment every person has so cope with? A lot of things in life are hard to cope with, but by far the hardest thing is death. The feeling of loosing someone you love or care for is the hardest thing a
person can go through. While reading
books, Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and A
Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks, you can really relate to the
theme of the books. Every character in these novels goes through a
death or hearing about a death they have to learn to cope with. By coping with
death we learn to become stronger and are able to overcome anything.
"Daddy, I died and went to heaven." Imagine those words
coming from your five year old son. How would you respond to that? In the book, Heaven is for Real, you hear the exquisite story about a young
boy, Colton, dying while he was in surgery; how he went up to heaven and met
Jesus. Colon then came right back to earth and explained what he witnessed. Visualize
how Colton's dad managed to understand how his son went to heaven and came
back to earth. Not only did Colton's father have to comprehended to
his son meeting Jesus, but when Colon starts talking about how he met his
grandpa in heaven his father starts to understand his son did go to heaven and he's thankful for him coming back to life. Even though Colton and his family had troubles understanding the fact that Colton died, their family becomes even closer than they ever were.
In Heaven is for Real, the people were fortunate enough for Colton
to come back to life. This was a different story in the book, The Hunger Games: everyday you're forced to either kill someone or
you could be killed. Katnis is a poor girl who is entered into the The Hunger
Games or what I call it: the killing games. Picture being in an arena and
knowing anyone could be anywhere about to kill you. The meaning of the Hunger
Games is you can't get close with anyone because for all you know they could
die in the next minute. Katniss teamed up with a young girl named Rue and they
became very close. Sadly, Rue dies and Katniss feels
many emotions and doesn't understand with how she's suppose to cope
with the loss of her friend and still be the last one standing in the Hunger
Games. Lastly, Katniss doesn't only have to live with the memories of all the
people dying in the Hunger Games, but she also had to go through her dad dying.
This effected her a ton because her mother became depressed and Katniss had to
step up and take care of the family. If I was in Katniss’s position I
would just give up, but with Katniss being so strong, she learns to fight
through the pain.
It's hard to watch someone die by being shot or being stabbed, but
it's a whole different feeling watching someone you love die slowly from a
sickness. While reading, A Walk to Remember, I remember crying: envision
a young man falling in love with a young girl and coping with her having
cancer. We can relate sicknesses to the book, Heaven is for Real. This
is a connection because both characters, Jamie and Colton, are very ill
and the people surrounding them have the same fear of them dying. Lucky for
Colton he lives, but Jamie gets so sick she passes away. With being heartbroken
Landon, the boy in love with Jamie, he understands that if Jamie was still
alive she would want the best for him. Landon then learns to deal with Jamie's
death by becoming a very successful doctor just like she would have wanted.
Jamie too went through what Landon went through. At just a young age Jamie's
mother was diagnosed with cancer just like Jamie. It was hard for Jamie, but
she did as Landon did: she moved on.
All the books, Heaven is for Real, A Walk to Remember, and The
Hunger Games have the similarities of death. Colton and his family became
stronger as a family, learning more about each other from Colton’s death.
Katniss grew as powerful young girl who could take down anything from seeing
death. Lastly, Landon was going nowhere and being inspired by Jamie changed him
into becoming a successful young man. Death can cause pain at first, but as
time goes on people learn to understand that death is in the present;
therefore they develop a tough mind and are able to challenge themselves to
defeat everything.
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