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People throught out the world and throughout time all had different perceptions of death. Some people accepted death cause they knew sooner or later it was going to get them and there is no way to escape it. Other people ran trying to escape death cause they were afraid of death but they still could never escape death. Death is one of the few forces in reality that is absolute. In Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. a ballerina and Harrison break off their handicaps so they no longer have to be equal with anyone else. Both of them know by doing so they will be killed but even death does not stop them. Harrison and the ballerina would rather die and be different than to be equal and have their individual abilities suppresed. In the†¦show more content†¦Mallard passes away. In the poem As Befits a Man by Langston Hughes the narrator says he doesnt care if he dies, but he doesnt want to die alone. The narrator wants a grand ceremony if he dies, he wants to be remembered. The carpenter from The Workbox by Thomas Hardy uses the the workbox he built to show juxtapoistions of life and death, extravagent and plain. Though Ivan from The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy died happily he did not at first accept death. Ivan wanted more time so he could reflect on his life and all the things he regrets. Ivan finally accepted death when he relized that it would be better for his family if he were to die. Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber would fantasize so he did not have to be apart of the boring events that happen reality frequently. In Walters last fantasy he stood against a firing squad; this symbolized that will and imagination overcome boring reality. The narrator of Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas says that old men even though they are going to die soon should leave the world kicking and screaming. The narrator describes how certain men will percieve and react to death. 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