HW . 50

My job isnt to comfort the families that come to me and the Johnsons were no different for their 18 year old daughter Jenny. I asked the family all standard questions on what they wanted or really what "Jenny wanted" I gave the family a selection of things to choose from and a description for each one so they would know what they were getting. After the family has picked out and arranged how they wanted everything to happen like every case I would then take the deciesed and those that arranged for embalming, I would go to my underground lab and start the process.

• "they're semiprecious metals that are virtually indestructible; in fact archaeologists have retrieved ancient artifacts from copper coffins in near pristine condition"
• "if protection of a loved one against against water and soil is important a sealed casket might be best"
• "Vaults are more expensive than grave liners, costing as much as 10,000 Fielding explains but if protection is important its the better choice"
• "Fieldings workplace closely resembles a hospital operating room"
• "Some of his colleges skip the stay cream and simply run a line of Superglue along the rim"
• "After twenty minutes thre quarters of a gallon of blood are drained from Jenny and the dark color in the hose begins to brighten, one sign embalming fluid is filling the girls circulatory system"

I never knew how much actually went into the process of embalming I thought it was simply injecting the body with some kind of fluid and putting make up on the face. Theres more to it with having to plug up certain part of the body and disinfecting it to having a certain area were you can make the injection to put the embalming fluid in. I also find it interesting how most families can get ripped off when the funeral director use the line "if its for the loved one then its important" I noticed how that line was usedto get the family to buy something that was more exspensive to make them sort of feel bad that they didnt pick the best that there is even though the person is dead. Both times that the director used the lines it worked instead of choosing a simple casket for 1,595 they chose one that was 4,500, and they even chose to put a wall around the casket to stop grave robbers. I found it interesting how Fielding didn't take the easy way out for the embalming process he went through and did everything througouly and didnt cut any corner unlike others which show he takes pride in his job and does his best.
       I think that most of the things that go into to arranging a funeral is useless, if you dont plan to put the coffin in a place were you can see it then why should the color matter or be really extravagent. Or why do you need to worry if the inside is soft enough if the person is already dead so why should it matter, and im not saying people then should be in a wood box. But that it should be simple and not so etravagent especially something thats going underground that you'll probably never see again. The coffin, flowers, "protective wall" are all materials things that shouldnt be so important if anything the message thats on the grave stone should and you shouldnt need all these things as a way to remeber the person, the person should be enough.