In 750 words or more, write a “deathography” or “lossography”. A Lossography is an essay that details the death and loss events in your life, along with your present understanding of how each experience has influenced your attitudes and beliefs. Begin by recalling your past experiences with death and dying. Note who or what in your life has influenced your attitudes toward death.
Your Deathography should include the following three parts:
a description of your attitude toward death (including your emotional, spiritual, and intellectual reactions to it);
a list of all of the death-related experiences throughout your life so far that have influenced your attitude toward death, e.g deaths of family, friends, deaths of pets, deaths of celebrities, deaths in the news, war-related deaths, death scenes from a movie);
an analysis of how each experience influenced your attitude towards death (you may find that several experiences had a similar impact on your attitude, so you can discuss them together). If there have been other significant experiences or factors that have influenced your attitude toward death, you may also include them.
