Sam Wittenbraker- Death

 An idea that becomes especially interesting to analyze is death. In its most basic form, death is actually an extraordinarily simple idea. The body stops working and the living components within the organism die. Blood stops flowing, lungs stop breathing, and a person is dead. As we know, death is actually much deeper than that. Through the creation of symbolism, we understand “life” is more than a tangible concept. It is not only the physical capsule in which a person is held. More so, it contains the personality and soul of the human it contains. Every human being is wholly distinguishable from another. No two humans look or act the same. Upon death, an entire individual is knocked off the face of the earth. While death happens countless times every second, it should never be looked at as mundane as that. Bodies are not the only thing dying. Each time someone dies, their individual personality and idiosyncrasies die too. They leave behind unfulfilled hopes and desires larger than any physical being or corpse. The death of a human being brings the last time Earth will ever see that person. No person will ever replicate the physical or spiritual characteristics that compose a human being. Without symbolism,  death would be a completely different concept that we view as normal.