The Last Stop

In The Last Stop, Brian Cable describes what a funeral home is like. He describes the ins and outs of the place and he describes the owner. Brian Cable shows a different side of the story and does not put an image into our brain that we usually think of a funeral home. He describes the place as a nice looking building where people see their loved ones for the last time. The funeral home owner is described as a nice gentleman that does a job that most people do not want to do but it is a necessary job. He makes sure that the people being buried or cremated look like they did before they died. In The Last Stop, the mortician is asked if the job depressed him, and he answers sometimes when he sees the faces of the individuals. Throughout the story, the author shows how assumptions can be wrong and that our opinion can change.