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Tam Tho Ho SCOM 1000 12:00pm 29th March 2017

Topic: Ways to dispose of the body General Purpose Statement: To inform. Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about various methods to dispose of the body. Thesis: To inform my audience about body disposal through organ donations, body donations, and ecological burials. The Aftermath of Death Introduction I.

Cue the creepy bone-chilling music, the rush of darkness that seeps in after the lights go out, and finally the character who’s ignorant of what is going to happen. a. We can typically predict the deaths of characters in a horror film, but not our own.

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The curiosity of what could happen to my body after I die led me to do research on what people can do with their bodies after passing away.

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I found that there are various methods in how to live through other people and through nature.

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Today I would like to inform everyone on organ donations, body donations, and ecological cremation and burials. Body

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Once we are declared dead, we do not have a need for our organs. a. So why not donate them and become an organ donor? 1. According to the American Transplant Foundation, approximately 120,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant in the United States.1 2. One person can save as many as eight lives2

1 "Facts and Myths." American Transplant Foundation. American Transplant Foundation, 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017. 2 Ibid.

(TRANSITION: As a matter of fact, you can simultaneously be an organ donor and a body donor.)

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To further research, training, and development, scientists, medical training facilities, and biomedical engineers are in critical need of whole body donations a. With whole body donation programs such as Science Care, whole body donation benefits include filing of a death certificate, return of cremated remains, letters to update families of their loved one’s impact on society, and a memorial tree at the one-year anniversary mark of donation.3

(TRANSITION: However, if you would like to leave the world in a more traditional way, there’s still ecological burials and cremations.)

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In the United States, cremation seems to be more popular than burials a. According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the cremation rate will continue to rise in the coming years, with 55.8% of Americans expected to choose cremation in 2020.4 -

Body cremation equivalent to 500 miles exhausted by a car

b. Susanne Wiigh-Masak the founder of Promessa, a company that promotes ecological burials and cremations, said that “Death is a possibility for new life. The body becomes something else. I would like that that something else be positive as possible.”5 1. If you want to be buried and you are okay with becoming a part of mother nature, then Promessa’s ecological burials are for you. 2. Promessa’s ecological cremation may seem more appealing if cremation is more your style.

Conclusion 3 "Free Cremation Benefits" Science Care. Science Care, 24 Feb. 2015. Web. 13 Mar. 2017. 4 Sherman, Lisa. "Why Is Cremation Becoming More Popular in the US?" National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). National Cremation, 24 June 2015. Web. 15 Mar. 2017. 5 Wiigh-Masak , Susanne. "Ecological burial." Promessa. Promessa, 2014. Web. 15 Mar. 2017.

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In summation, death does not have to stop at the graveyard and life can go further whether it is through other people, nature, or the top of an altar.

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Ecological burials and cremations are constructive and could help repeat the cycle of life

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Human bodies and their organs alone are capable of saving many lives and impacting the future.

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Although, I did not share information on how to get rid of someone’s body at a murder scene, I hope that everyone’s view on the aftermath of death has been uplifted.

Works Cited "Facts and Myths." American Transplant Foundation. American Transplant Foundation, 2017. Web. 13 Mar. 2017. "Free Cremation Benefits" Science Care. Science Care, 24 Feb. 2015. Web. 13 Mar. 2017. Sherman, Lisa. "Why Is Cremation Becoming More Popular in the US?" National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). National Cremation, 24 June 2015. Web. 15 Mar. 2017. Wiigh-Masak , Susanne. "Ecological burial." Promessa. Promessa, 2014. Web. 15 Mar. 2017....