Not that there seems to be any appropriate place to bury someone, but these municipal cemeteries, or any cemetery at all for that matter, like the ones by the highway, or the ones in the middle of town, with all these bodies with their corresponding rocks - oh it's just too primitive and vulgar, isn't it? The hole, and the box, and the rock on the grass? And we glamorize this process, feel it fitting and dramatic, austerely beautiful, standing there by the hole as we lower the box. It's incredible. Barbaric and base. Dave Eggers
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To bury a dead person, we often use a grave stone and a box. This is wrong because we should not be burying the dead body in the ground. Instead we should be bringing the body to a nice and clean place where no one will be bothered by the smell of death. When the body is buried, one must also put some flowers, candles or flowers on top of the grave.

So before this happens there has to be some preparation. We cannot just throw the body in any old place and expect it to stay there which is why we have to use a grave stone. This way, you can tell that someone was here for a long time which is important for building memories about that person.

Source: A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

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