BUCKET LIST BEFORE I DIE

5 ITEMS
DEATH
 End of all
biological
functions that
sustain a living
organism
 MEDICAL TERM:
“brain death”*
 SENESCENCE -
aging
 SOME VIEWS ON DEATH
 REINCARNATION  ETERNAL OBLIVION
GIVING SIGNIFICANCE TO DEATH
How does the prospect of death give significance to our lives?

YOLO?
 Why do people
delay or deny the
prospect of death?

 Mortal salience
Death is inevitable.

 One should not fear

death.
 MARTIN HEIDEGGER
 Believes that man is a being oriented
towards death

 Considers death as the fulfillment of

existence
 LUDWIG WITGENSTEIN
 Believes that death is a phenomenon
outside of human experience
 We do not live to experience death
 Not immortality but timelessness to live
in the present
 ERIK ERIKSON

 Death is an important aspect in the

development of man

 Ego integrity – having come to terms

with his or her life
 What happens to the person when he dies?

 DUALISTS mind or body persists afterlife

Hades,und
erworld One of the One of the
many many
paradises paradises
or hells or hells

Ancient Greeks Hindu Christians

 Near death experience
 Out of body experience

Meeting
spirits of Revisiting life
dead events
people
coco
 ETERNAL OBLIVION
 Socrates, Cicero, Lucretius
HOW SHOULD ONE FACE DEATH AND LOSS?
 Grief natural reaction to death and dying
often brings about challenges
 Bereavement state of loss
 Mourningprocess by which a person deals
with death
opportunities for social support and
sympathy
HOW SHOULD ONE FACE DEATH AND LOSS?
 Grief natural reaction to death and dying
often brings about challenges
 Bereavement state of loss
 Mourningprocess by which a person deals
with death
opportunities for social support and
sympathy
ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS
 •Disbelief regarding
DENIAL the situation

•Frustration with
ANGER the situation
•Unfair
•indignation
 • Life-be prolonged
• Do whatever it takes to
BARGAINING survive seen as attempts
to lessen trauma and
anxiety

•Intense
DEPRESSION sadness and
disinterest in
life
 •Embrace
mortality
•Emotionally
stable
ACCEPTANCE •Often a source of
emotional
support for their
grieving family
members

Discussions: Not in sequence

Skip stages
 GEORGE BONNANO’s Four trajectories of grief

 Resilience – the person remains

emotionally stable despite the loss, ideal
course

 Recovery- return to normalcy

 GEORGE BONNANO’s Four trajectories of grief

 Resilience – the person remains

emotionally stable despite the loss, ideal
course

 Recovery- return to normalcy

 GEORGE BONNANO’s Four trajectories of grief

 Chronic depression –continues long after

the death has passed, counseling and
support

 Delayed grief- grief, anxiety and distress

come later
 TAKE HOME QUESTIONS
 How can I make my own life more
meaningful?

 How can I make my existence

meaningful to other people
 TONIO
 Tonio is fond of wandering around with
friends even at the middle of the night.
One night, he walked out of the house
alone. Then, he heard a loud noise of
music coming from the north direction. He
went that way because he wanted to
enjoy the music and other jovial activities
for the upcoming fiesta. After some fun, he
went somewhere where he could spend
alone by himself.
 TONIO
 Unaware of the passing of time, he rushed
for home with a feeling of fear that his
mother would get mad at him.
 Not far from their house, he heard a sound
of weeping. There were many people
spreading gossip. Some were playing
cards outside their house. Slowly, he
walked with an unexplainable mixed
emotion and a question “What
happened?”
 TONIO
 Getting a close look, he noticed his father,
his sister and brother at a distance
discussing something. At the opposite
direction, he saw his mother crying; so, he
walked towards her to give her comfort.
Then, he suddenly saw something unusual
inside the coffin.
 “It can’t be true…that’s me!”
 He shouted all over the place but nodoby
can hear him at all.
 What do you think are man’s insights
who died an unprepared death?

 If you were Tonio, what were your

realizations?
 PERFORMANCE TASK: The Undead
 Create and present an undead character (1
minute, 30 seconds) only.
Explain the following:
 What kind of life did you have? Was it well-
lived? Why?
 How did you die?
 What realizations did you have upon facing
death?
 As an undead, what can you say about the
concept of life and death?
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 Content
 Delivery
 Characterization
 Creativity
 Presented within the time limit