Respond to both essay questions with empirical evidence – thoroughly – with critical thinking, with examples, etc., university writing skills, defending your responses, and by providing a fair and balanced viewpoints — with informed opinion of “End of Life Issues and Perspectives.” The total length of this quiz should be close to two full double–spaced pages. Each essay question is worth 8.5 points, for a total of 17 points, or 17 percent of your final grade: This quiz is due before midnight, Tuesday, 26 April
Question 1 comes from the Material from Chap 93, “The Last Will and Testament with Your concentration on “Sociological Significance of the Will,”
1. Question:
a. In two or three sentences, please define the exercising social control over others, including intimates, loved ones, or another targeted person(s).
In this case, this control is by filing a legal legal will that, for sure, will make possible the cruel or painful quality of life for those living person(s) in question, (Please make sure you source your material)
a. To you what are two good reasons the deceased may inflict pain or loss to a person(s) with a long life yet to live?
b. Briefly surmise and write and analyze the possible reasons of your own making, behind the emotional instability or psychological trauma of the dying person that would likely prompt executing a legal will so an other(s) will suffer, in some way, a “lifetime of misery for one of your reasons”
Question 2 comes from the material Neimeyer & Gamino – Chapter 84: “The experience of grief and bereavement.” Handbook of Death and Dying.” With special emphasis on the section: Meaning Reconstruction and the Narrative Turn:
BACKGROUND TO QUESTION 2:
You have lived with a loved one for many years. He/she has had a great personality, kind, with excellent behavior, engaged in very helpful acts and sacrifices made consistently during that time. You are also very well aware of this person’s having an unforgiveness attitude, especially when he/she feels slighted for almost any reason. At times, this person has abused alcohol, causing a longer time to forgive. This person also deeply believes in life after death, and consequences thereof! YOU are the person of whom was omitted from the legal will of the same person as defined in the background — who recently died.
He/she instead, willed a new lover the $78,327 in the former couple’s bank account, $103,331 in property value, and three valuable antiques, two of which had
sentimental value to both partners.
2. QUESTION (in two parts)
Analyze the background of the couple – leaving yourself some room to speculate on any special meaning you derive from the complexities of the personality
a. Define the “meaning construction and narrative turn” in the reading and some of it in your own words.
b. Then, in a long, substantive paragraph, propose, summarize, and analyze your own ”reconstruction and the narrative turn.” This reconstruction would provide you with, after your grieving, your development of a sense of self that makes sense to you — that to live in this world is now worth it. Use sources to include at least one outside of our learning resources.
