Interview And Death

Part I of Essay
“Everyday life seems unbelievably minuscule when faced with the prospects of death and dying.” These are the words of Dr. David Avery. David is thirty years old, unmarried, a successful doctor, and has recently been confronted with the knowledge that he is suffering from a ....

Part II of Essay
.... at times obviously in great pain, a side effect from drugs which are a last ditch effort toward a miracle. He composes himself and explains, “No one can ever truly know what the feeling of death is like until they actually feel it for themselves.” Generally, words such as afraid, daunting, confusion, hopelessness, and sorrow spring to mind. However, David elaborates, “the knowledge that one is in the process of dying is surreal. Everyone knows they are going to die but no one ever believes it.” He tells me of the conscious realization that ....