May 19, 2011

phantom limb

the movie phantom limb went through the process everyone goes through when losing a loved one. He describes the guilt he felt after his brothers death and how his family handled it. He uses pictures and clips from other movies to describe the words he gives us about the process of death. I liked how he did not use the normal 5 steps to grief. He showed that it was way more than that. He wants to describe the pain and anger he felt with the loss of his brother but didn't want to only use himself as an example. When Timmy ( I think that is the little boy's name) loses his bird the narrator goes on to tell us this is his first experience of death. Timmy may not of understood exactly what death meant but he knows it's different than his bird just flying away. i think this documentary is saying you have a choice on how you grieve but it is impossible to do it a wrong way. No persons grief is greater than anyone else's when they deal with death. It all depends on how you deal with it.

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  1. I agree with what Amanda said and that you have a choice on how to grieve and there is actually a wrong way. You can try and believe that nothing ever happened and block out that portion of your life. Or you can confront it and put it out there so you can get over it faster. Overall a good blog post.

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