hw -extra credit

COTD: After watching "Harold and Maude" the theme of living life to the fullest was present. Harold is so obsessed with his own death and faking his own suicides that he's not focused on living life. After meeting Maude at a funeral of a stranger, they develop a relationship over attending funerals. I think that Maude brings life back into Harold's life. Harold feels as if life isn't worth living anymore, but Maude makes him realize that it is.

For Harold, it seems that since he is so consumed with his own death he forgets how to live his life. He gets the feeling that perhaps life isn't worth living, but when Maude comes into his life she chances his outlook on how he should be living instead of focusing on things related to death. Maude allows for him to start living again and experience life before it comes full circle and eventually does end in his real death.

Maude on the other hand has a love for life and wants to share that love with Harold. She sees the beauty in life and lives the way she wants to. Her perspective on life is something Harold can benefit from. Harold is taught by Maude to make the most of his life on earth instead of being focused on the depressing stuff like faking his own suicides.It seems as if Maude is the answer that leads Harold off of his self destructive path while ultimately realizing her own.

COTD: I visited two cemeteries with David and Michelle. The first one was St. Paul's cemetery and the second was Trinity Church's cemetery. I noticed that both cemeteries were connected to a church and that both were not very big compared to other cemeteries I've seen. Walking through the cemeteries I found it very peaceful. I didn't get a weird feeling walking through at all, maybe because there was a lot of other people in the cemeteries with us at the time. Everyone was walking through and taking pictures just as we were. I think the fact the both were historical cemeteries is what attracted the people compared to a regular cemetery which might not see that many visitor's in a day.


Walking through both cemeteries I noticed that the tombstones were all very old and some were even chipping away. I noticed quite a few of the tombstone's at Trinity read "Here lies the body of ____ who departed from life" and gave a little description of who the person was name,age,etc. None of the graves except one had flowers placed on top of it. I noticed that there were benches in each cemetery which provided an inviting feeling.

Being in both cemeteries and having that relaxed feeling walking through made me realize how life comes full circle, from birth to death and that it is eventually going to happen and it's something we have to accept.