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 compose exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother,George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with humor and accord. Thedark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of his mothersphysical body are typesetters caseually reconciled with an reckoning that her spiritlives on. He imagines how she would find humor in the bizarre event of her owncremation. The quality of humor unites Shaw and his mother in a bond thattranscends the event of death and helps Shaw take in 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 mood and dramatizing theprocess of cremation. The traditional words of a burial utility ashes to ashes,dust to dust are not altered for the cremation, the i nterior chamber lookedcool, clean, and sunny as by a graveside, and the coffin was presented feetfirst as in a ground burial. In selecting aspects of a traditional burial attend, Shaws mood is revealed as ambivalent toward cremation by imposingrecalled fragments of ground burial for contrast. Strangely fascinated, hebegins to wonder exactly what happens when one is cremated. This mood 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 indite exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother,George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with humor and disposition. Thedark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of his mothersphysical body are eventually reconciled with an understanding that her spiritlives on. He imagines how she would find humor in the bizarre 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 mood 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 sunny 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. Strangely fascinated, hebegins to wonder exactly what happens when one is cremated. This mood of awe isdramatized a...