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February 15, 2006
William Carlos Williams, "Tract"
William Carlos Williams -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)
"I will teach you my townspeople/how to perform a funeral"
I've addressed this same basic point in my entry on Wallace Stevens....
Like everything ese in America, death is just one more excuse for capitalism to go crazy on itself. It's halfway true that funerals are not for the deceased but for the families of the deceased. However, the ritualistic way we mourn - and by that I mean, spend money - actually helps NO ONE get over their grief. We put on a elaborate performance because society says we ought to.
Posted by MeganRitter at February 15, 2006 05:03 PM