EXPOSITION AND ARGUMENT

Paper 4: Exposition and Argument

Paper 4: Exposition and Argument

“On Natural Death” by Lewis Thomas

Death is a part of life that is directly associated with life, whether of a human being and animal. This journey to death begins with the formation of life. It is expressed as mystifying, inexplicable, and strange action towards which life proceeds. Death is an essential part of natural life cycle of all species present on our planet. It either may come at an old age or causes of death may be unnatural in nature to the person. Everyone has to die in this world; however, deep involvement in world's affair has made us to ignore the component of death from our daily life. Therefore, although we have knowledge that we have to leave this world on one day but we hardly ever think about the pain that comes with death. This pain may either be physical or emotional.

Lewis Thomas paper “On Natural Death” presents a unique and distinctive perspective about the death, life, and pain. He has made people to think beyond the limits and understand the depth of the concept. Thomas in his paper argues that death is the spectacle of human and animal existence. Many critics have commented on the writing style of Thomas and especially for “On Natural Death”. Rosenblatt (1993) argues that Thomas has intentionally created a comprehensive framework to make people think about death and pain through his reading book. Thomas has adopted emblematic writing style to present his viewpoint through provoking strategy to support his ideas. He has focused his paper on issues that we may ignore most of the time considering it as unimportant. He has taken examples from indispensable events to complex ones that revolve around human beings.

Many writing critics argue on why Thomas thinks ...