beduya, misa chap 6 ( comments in parentheses in between sentences)

Summary of Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations
Summary of Findings
The researchers chose to study the concept of death as depicted on Mitch Albom’s book Tuesdays with Morrie since death has been shunned and feared in our modern society. Moreover, the researchers also wanted to understand how the dying people feel as they approach death, how they cope with death and how the coping process with death change them and their family and friends into an entirely different person. To find the answers to these problems, the researchers had unanimously agreed to make it their research study.
The objectives of the study were to know how the characters (Mitch and Morrie) view death, how these views differ from each other, how Morrie’s concept of death affect that of Mitch, the factors that evoked Morrie to cope with death and lastly how the experience of coping process with death affect both Morrie’s and Mitch’s concept of death.
The researchers used textual analysis to meet the objectives of the study. Textual analysis, according to McKee (2003), is to construct a hypothesis derived from the possible interpretations of a text. And in applying textual analysis, the researchers analyzed the narrations and dialogues found in the book.
With that methodology, the researchers were able to describe the concept of death Morrie and Mitch before they started meeting on Tuesdays. Specifically, Morrie viewed death as a phenomenon that can be avoided by ignoring it and brought shame to bereaved people when he was a child. However, when Morrie was already an adult, he viewed death as deadline of establishing as many relationships as he can and strengthen them which was very important (incomplete flow). Mitch on the other hand viewed death as a deadline of achieving many accomplishments as he can even if it costs him his intimate relationships with his family and friends.
Both characters viewed death like a deadline, and the only thing that differs is their attitude or treatment to it. Specifically, Morrie treated it with positivity and Mitch treated it with negativity. Morrie valued relationships more than accomplishments and thus viewed death as a culmination of the relationships established. On the other hand, Mitch valued accomplishments more than relationships and thus viewed death as a culmination of the accomplishments/properties achieved. Furthermore, most philosophers and spiritual people will likely say that Morrie was essentially right in giving much importance on relationships and Mitch was only practically/economically right in giving much importance on accomplishments.
Moreover, the factors that evoked Morrie to cope with death were his awareness of his imminent death and his past experiences with death which were the deaths of his parents. Awareness of his imminent death became a factor for Morrie because he chose to live his remaining days meaningfully by establishing many relationships as he can. Moreover, the deaths of his parents became factors because he doesn’t want to commit the same mistake again of being not able to do the things that he should have done to his parents.
Lastly, with the experience of coping process with death, both have completely become different people. With the experience, Morrie became a person of inspiration and reflection with his aphorisms on death such as “Once you learn to die, you learn how to live” and “Death ends a life, not a relationship”. Mitch, being affected by Morrie’s aphorisms on death and by the experience of the coping process, was able to view death differently and understood his ailing brother. Further, Mitch was able to reestablish his relationship with his brother and his wife. In other words, death became a tool for him to strengthen his intimate relationships with his family and friends.
Conclusion (should be your own.first paragraph answers the main problem and the next paragraph takes your opinion/analysis on the answer to the main problem.it also takes up the impact or implication of the result to issues/people concerned)
Dying, which is the onset of death, is similar to adolescence, a phase wherein if not practiced, can trigger “anxiety”, as well as “maladjustment” to the individual involved along with those who surround him/her (Anthony and Koupernik, 1972). Moreover, Kalish (as cited in Copp, 1998) proposed that when one is dying and became aware of it, the dying person’s awareness of his/her imminent death itself evokes him/her to cope with death. Further, one’s past experiences with death may also evoke the dying person to cope with death (Hostler, as cited in Demmin, 1986; Hall, as cited in Demmin, 1986; Demin, 1986).In other words, the awareness of one’s death and one’s past experiences with death are the factors that trigger “anxiety” and “maladjustment” which can be remedied by actively participating in one’s coping process with death (Corr, as cited in Copp, 1998). Furthermore, the experience of coping process affected the dying person’s concept of death, as well as the dying person’s family and friends (Copp, 1998). Additionally, it was the experience from coping process that corrects the concept of death which was being distorted several factors such as the media (Arjona, Arnaldo, Fojas, Maniwang, & Alcuizar, 1993; Cox, Garett, & Graham, 2005).
In relation to our study, it was Morrie’s awareness of his imminent death and past experiences with death that evoked Morrie to cope with death. Furthermore, the experience from coping process greatly affected Morrie and Mitch. Specifically, the experience corrected and developed Morrie’s (Morrie) and Mitch’s concepts of death which were somehow distorted by the death of their relatives/family and by the pressure from the society.
Therefore, the proposition of some psychologists and academicians that a person’s concepts of death are influenced by some factors such as the media and past experiences with death is true. However, their assumption that an individual’s concept of death became clear and firm at early adolescence or childhood and remains constant all throughout (McEvoy, 1989) is false. Morrie for instance, may have an immature concept of death when he was a child, but his concept of death matured and developed as he participates in his coping process with death. Furthermore, Mitch’s concept of death has also improved as he participates in Morrie’s coping process with death. In short, the only way to understand death is to bravely face it and/or cope with it.
Recommendations
First and foremost, the researchers suggest all the people to read and reflect on Mitch Albom’s Tuesday’s with Morrie to become aware of death. People should not wait to become aware of the time of their death to start living meaningfully. Furthermore, since awareness of one’s death is not a luxury such as those who died on accidents or by murder, everyone should be always prepared for their death. As Morrie Schwartz suggested, one should always think that every passing day may be their last day so that when that day comes, one was already prepared for it.
For the health institutions, the researchers suggest that they should take note of the feelings of the dying people. Instead of only aiding the dying people physically, they should also aid the dying people lift their morale and spirituality. In other words, instead of focusing only on satisfying the physical needs of the dying people/patients, they should also try to help the dying people satisfy their psychological, social and spiritual needs as specified in Charles Corr’s (as cited in Copp, 1998) Task-Based Approach Theory. Lastly, the health institutions should not be barred by cultural and religious differences or differences on concepts of death in giving assistance to patients whether these patients are dying or not.
For the dying people, the researchers suggest that as soon as possible, they should start coping with death since it will help them face death without regrets. Moreover, the coping process with death will also help their family and friends easily accept the death of these dying people.
Lastly, for the future researchers that will also study the concept of death based on Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, we suggest that they should try to look at another angle. Aside from analyzing the book through the coping process with death of the characters and how it affected the characters’ concepts of death, we suggest that the future researchers must also analyze and identify the factors that affected the concepts of death of the characters before they cope with death. In doing so, the future researchers must also find a credible theory as basis for that angle of analysis. Aside from that, the future researchers must also try to study the book philosophically and find a strong and credible philosophical theory as a basis. Lastly, the future researchers must gather as many valuable resources as they can such as books, electronic books and theses which will make the study stronger, credible and sensible.