George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narr

George Bernard Shaw and His misfortunate Story About the Cremation of The NarratorsMotherIn a written exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his make,George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with irritation and understanding. Thedark fancy associated with the horrid details of disposing of his contractsphysical body argon eventually reconciled with an understanding that her livelinesslives on. He imagines how she would find bodily fluid in the bizarre event of her owncremation. The quality of body fluid unites Shaw and his mother in a bond thattranscends the event of death and helps Shaw understand that her sum willnever die. The reader is also released from the horror of facing the mechanicsof the cremation process when Mamas own comments lead us to understand thather personality and marrow will live on.Shaws diction is effective in conveying his fashion and dramatizing theprocess of cremation. The traditional words of a burial service ashes to ashes, scatter to c arcass be not altered for the cremation, the interior chamber lookedcool, clean, and bright as by a graveside, and the coffin was presented feetfirst as in a ground burial. In selecting aspects of a traditional burialservice, Shaws body fluid is revealed as ambivalent toward cremation by imposingrecalled fragments of ground burial for contrast. fishily fascinated, hebegins to wonder exactly what happens when one is cremated. This sense of humour of awe isdramatized a... George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narr George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The NarratorsMotherIn a written exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother,George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with humor and understanding. Thedark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of his mothersphysical body are eventually reconciled with an understanding that her gistlives on. He imagines how she would find humor in the bizar re event of her owncremation. The quality of humor unites Shaw and his mother in a bond thattranscends the event of death and helps Shaw understand that her spirit willnever die. The reader is also released from the horror of facing the mechanicsof the cremation process when Mamas own comments lead us to understand thather personality and spirit will live on.Shaws diction is effective in conveying his desire and dramatizing theprocess of cremation. The traditional words of a burial service ashes to ashes,dust to dust are not altered for the cremation, the interior chamber lookedcool, clean, and cheering as by a graveside, and the coffin was presented feetfirst as in a ground burial. In selecting aspects of a traditional burialservice, Shaws mood is revealed as ambivalent toward cremation by imposingrecalled fragments of ground burial for contrast. oddly fascinated, hebegins to wonder exactly what happens when one is cremated. This mood of awe isdramatized a...