"Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time." - Susan Cheever, American author, 1943
If one thing seems certain in life, it is that eventually we will die. We all strive desperately to put off that final day for as long as possible, but our efforts to cheat death are insufficient. In my fifteen years of living, I have never stared death in the face. I have always tried to avoid it and keep it as distant from me as possible because of the fear of being "let go."
As I read the second chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five I noticed that death does not discriminate. Whether rich, young, old or poor, there will come a day when death starts knocking at your door and you will have no option but to let it in. Billy's wife for example, dies of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning on her way to visiting her husband in the hospital after the plane crash. Billy's father died in a hunting accident right before his ship overseas for combat.
Overall there is not much more to say regarding death except to beware and enjoy because "so it goes."
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