1.Your experience with the topic.
I've witnessed a few suicides and seen a few dead bodies but only been to one funeral. Death isnt much of a taboo to me since its inescapable, I think someone could drive themselves mad trying to understand death and why it happens. The care of the dead isnt something I think about, I think of cinco de mayo and how the Mexican culture treats death. They celebrate the live instead of dwelling on the fact that the person is no longer "here" I think celebrating the life of that person is better then mourning
2. The way you've been taught to think of and act towards dead people.
I haven't been taught to think or act a certain way towards dead people, I think its common sense of what to do and what not to do at a funeral. There really isnt a way to act or think of dead people since they're dead but afterlife is something that I'm interested in. There are so many different opinions on afterlife and if an afterlife even exists. Heaven or hell , reincarnation etc
3. Social norms around the treatment of dead people in your/our culture(s).
Mourning, dressing in all black , burying the casket 6 ft under (why 6 ft?), tomb stones, cremation, spreading ashes or even keeping the ashes at home, burying the persons favorite things with them.
4. Your family's perspective regarding people who have died.
It's very sad but it happens and you have to move on but appreciate all the good times you've had with that person.
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