... of the loss come into focus. The funeral, wake, and memorial rituals are a way to say goodbye and remember the person we have lost. The funeral is a time for the living to grief openly with the help of close friends and family to help them work through the final goodbye. Funeral's are important to make the death of a loved one become real. It is a time when we ... go of any guilt they have. A person who gets stuck in the guilt phase will have a very difficult time moving on to acceptance. Grieving people need to forgive themselves for anything they feel guilty of so they can move on to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , her body changes. She is in eighth grade and preparing for high school. Being 13 is a hard year; you prepare to say goodbye to old friends and hello to new friends. For Dolores price this was an especially hard year. Throughout elementary school Dolores had trouble making friends with anyone, the Pysyk twins made Dolores's life especially ... and Jack ran away and they never saw him after the incident. Dolores subconsciously tried to make herself unattractive so another person like Jack couldn't take advantage of her again. Dolores's life was filled with challenges she had to overcome i...

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• Grade Level: High School

... for Allie. Allie was one of the only people in The Catcher in the Rye that Holden actually infers of loving. "God, he was a nice kid, though. He used to laugh so hard at something he thought of at the dinner table and he just about fell off his chair."(pg. 38, ch. 5) When Holden was 13, Allie died of leukemia. The night ... teacher in a strange manner. Holden then decided that he couldn't stay in New York anymore and decided to leave. He wrote a note to Phoebe telling her to meet him outside the Mueseum of Art so he can say goodbye. The next day, Phoebe met Holden with a suitcase of her...

• Word Count: 1287
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School