A funeral home is a place that one wants to visit as little as possible. It is rare that you just show up to one with out a reason, but that is exactly what Brian Cable did his freshman year of college. He reports his observations in his essay entitled “ The Last Stop”. One of the assumptions that he had going into it is one that I have of funeral homes. Funeral homes are supposed to be a serene place where every little detail is taken care of. Comfort is suppose to be felt everywhere as the people that are there are usually mourning the loss of a love one. That is not what Cable described upon his visit. He said it was set in a business district and there was a large clock on top of the sign. The last thing I would be worried about if I lost a loved one would be the time.
I do think Cable described the mortuary properly. I never feel comfortable when I enter one. They are cold, dark and sterile. They should focus more on making people feel comfortable. This essay will help me because of the amount of detail that I in it. Cable described everything, but not to the point that it was over the top.
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