Death and attitudes toward death

Discuss about how people’s attitude towards death change over time and especially how people think about suicide in 21 century. Use those following materials:

Alexie, “The Approximate Size of my Favorite Tumor”

Carver, “My Death”

Davis, “The Body Flute”

Krysl “There is No Such Thing as the Moment of Death”

Verghese, excerpt from My Own Country, non-fiction story