Prior to reading the article, "Death on Display", I think like many I disregarded gravestones as not being a form of everyday writing. For when you initially come by a graveyard the tombs seem to be very uniform and are only unique in the changing of names and dates from one tomb to the next. Although, after reading Morris's article it became evident to me that each tombstone could be defined as everyday writing, in the sense that each tomb is personal and holds its own story. They each literally represent a life of a person, and consequently represent the lives of their loved ones. The name and date on these are only a fragment of an indication of what kind of person is buried under them. Certain decorations, like a cross, star, or military symbol often represent indications of what the person buried valued. In addition, the point that Claire mentioned about people being laid to eternally rest in their homeland or a chosen city could further personalize each individual grave to the person who deceased.
As gruesome as this may seem, I believe that graves are also very much a form of everyday writing in the meaning they hold behind them. A tomb represents the death of a person, and death is an unavoidable occurrence of life. It has or will happen to every person, and I believe in that sense it is everyday. It's something we can all relate to in the fact that we all will experience others dyeing and we ourselves will have our day too. The quote Logan referred to from the text, "In turn, display serves to teach or remind the living that this world is not our abiding place." I think appropriately sums up the fact that graves are a representation of something everyday and really serve us as a reminder that our days are limited. To sum up this thought, I would argue with help from Morris's essay that graves are very much a form of everyday writing in that they are unique to their abider and they signify something we all will have to deal with.
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