This is so cute! I feel like this may be similar to a child's view of death. not understanding where we go, where we end up, or anything that happens to us in death can be frightening as well as hard to understand. Kid's put death into a basket of "how this effects me" I feel. They just think about oh now so and so won't play with me or I won't get any more Christmas presents from her anymore. They do not think about the real life implications and what death really means. They do not think of the loss as a whole, just as what they lose by it. This is a great example, thanks for sharing!!
Very true about the childrens outlook... My parents have raised my niece and nephew and just about a month ago my father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Today after he picked them up from school my nephew, who is 5, kept kicking the back of my dad's chair, and wouldn't stop even after my dad asked over and over. So when they got home my dad told my mom what had happend and my mom said, "jj, you're supposed to be good for papaw, remember? He's sick and you don't need to stress him out by not listening." My nephew walked over to my dad and says, "papaw, I'm sorry for making you sicker." It just shows how literally children take everything you say. Just because my mom said he was sick and didn't need extra stress, he automatically connects the two and thinks his actions caused my dad to be sicker.
First, I would like to say I am very happy to meet someone else who appreciates sinfest. Second, I really enjoy this comic strip for how cute it is and how honest Tatsuya Ishida's cat is attempting to be. I agree with the previous two response posts that this is a perspective children generally take on foreign subjects. If you subtract a good deal of the ignorance out of the comic and leave behind the question : "where do we go when we die?" I would venture to say several people past early youth consider the same question, or at least refuse to believe in such a basic or harsh answer.
What a cute little comic. I think as adults we sometimes forget how things like death can look to a child. Its terribly important to remember its little things like this that will matter to a child, not the "practical" problems that adults focus on. Im sure everyone has been were the dog is, and most where the cat is. Tabitha Burke
This is a wonderful post. This is something people struggle with throughout their lives. Where do we go when we die? I think that whatever people are happy with believing is fine however different my personal beliefs are. I like the idea of portraying a difficult question in a humorous manor, it opens all people up to a great question no matter the age.
This is so cute! I feel like this may be similar to a child's view of death. not understanding where we go, where we end up, or anything that happens to us in death can be frightening as well as hard to understand. Kid's put death into a basket of "how this effects me" I feel. They just think about oh now so and so won't play with me or I won't get any more Christmas presents from her anymore. They do not think about the real life implications and what death really means. They do not think of the loss as a whole, just as what they lose by it. This is a great example, thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteVery true about the childrens outlook... My parents have raised my niece and nephew and just about a month ago my father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Today after he picked them up from school my nephew, who is 5, kept kicking the back of my dad's chair, and wouldn't stop even after my dad asked over and over. So when they got home my dad told my mom what had happend and my mom said, "jj, you're supposed to be good for papaw, remember? He's sick and you don't need to stress him out by not listening." My nephew walked over to my dad and says, "papaw, I'm sorry for making you sicker." It just shows how literally children take everything you say. Just because my mom said he was sick and didn't need extra stress, he automatically connects the two and thinks his actions caused my dad to be sicker.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I would like to say I am very happy to meet someone else who appreciates sinfest.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I really enjoy this comic strip for how cute it is and how honest Tatsuya Ishida's cat is attempting to be. I agree with the previous two response posts that this is a perspective children generally take on foreign subjects. If you subtract a good deal of the ignorance out of the comic and leave behind the question : "where do we go when we die?" I would venture to say several people past early youth consider the same question, or at least refuse to believe in such a basic or harsh answer.
What a cute little comic. I think as adults we sometimes forget how things like death can look to a child. Its terribly important to remember its little things like this that will matter to a child, not the "practical" problems that adults focus on.
ReplyDeleteIm sure everyone has been were the dog is, and most where the cat is.
Tabitha Burke
This is a wonderful post. This is something people struggle with throughout their lives. Where do we go when we die? I think that whatever people are happy with believing is fine however different my personal beliefs are. I like the idea of portraying a difficult question in a humorous manor, it opens all people up to a great question no matter the age.
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