"... logically one would expect the expense to be but a fraction of that incurred for earth burial... the only expense incurred a modest crematory charge?" (Page One Hundred & Twelve)
"There was something of a power struggle to see who would purchase the nicest urn." (Page One Hundred & Sixteen)
"The theme that the American public, rather than the funeral industry is responsible for our funeral practices - because it demands "the best" in embalming and merchandise for the dead - is often expounded by funeral men. "We are merely giving the public what it wants," they say." (Page One Hundred & Twenty Three)
The "use for everyone of a casket that is attractive and protects the remains" (attractive seems an odd word here) is a new concept in this century, and one that took some ingenuity to put across." (Page One Hundred & Forty Six)
"Funeral directors have greater power over the bereaved who put themselves in their hands. It is so sad to see this power turn into manipulation." (Page One Hundred & Seventy One)
I don't know if funny is the right word but I find it very strange that this side of death has never once been exposed to me. I also find it so strange that it seems like no one really questions the obscurity of the situation. I guess since we are so used to everything being over priced, death would just be another merchandise we wish we had got on sale. Are the funeral directors gaining bad karma by treating their customers in this manor? They know that in a time of death normally everyone is very vulnerable and uneasy so they use that has motivation to make the naive buyer spend as much as possible. I would of never assumed death to fall under the same category as everything else we have studied in this class. Yet I realize that living in this society there are always two or even three sides to a story, and usually we only hear one.
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