This final exam will require you to cite specific examples from your readings (p

This final exam will require you to cite specific examples from your readings (page citations are required) and content from this course since the midterm, but it also gives you the freedom to synthesize your own ideas and opinions. Using examples from the book, as well as any videos that we watched in this class, you will be required to choose any two out of the questions provided below, with each answer being at least one-to-two paragraphs in length. You will be graded on content, clarity, and the overall quality of your writing. Each answer should be proofread and grammatically correct before submitting it. Your exam is due at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, August 5th. There is no particular format for this final. In other words, you can type your answers below each numbered question accordingly (to save and submit in Canvas), or you can create a new Word Document to use (and to save and submit in Canvas). Whatever you decide to do, please make sure your work looks consistent, professional and easy to understand. Use your book, as well as any class videos, articles, etc. to answer any two of the following questions: 1. The extent to which a community is supportive can be a key factor in how the challenges related to death and dying are managed, but communities differ in their response in a number of ways. Why is it important to consider conflict in communities when trying to understand death and dying from a sociological perspective? 2. Schools can play a part in death education – that is, how the education system can contribute to a better level of awareness and understanding of key issues relating to death and dying. What impact might it have on a grieving child who receives little or no support from their school? 3. Organizations need to take account if they are to have a compassionate approach to supporting their employees through the difficult times brought about by death and dying. What would you see as the most important issues in terms of how workplaces can or should manage situations where an employee is dying (with a terminal illness, for example)? 4. What historically has been viewed as the normal processes of living, such as sadness, striving for adulthood, sickness, aging, dying, grief, and death have become medical problems to be resolved with treatment or medications, arguably taking away from being present throughout the entire human experience. What do you understand by the term “living until you die”? Why is it important? 5. Death is, of course, an ending of a life, but in some sense it is also a beginning, the start of a process for disposal of the body. “Disposal” initially sounds like a disrespectful term, but it is what is widely used to refer to what happens in terms of funerals, burial, cremation, and so on. With this in mind, why might some cultures prohibit a postmortem? 6. There is a longstanding tradition of using music and the arts in connection with death and dying, and these are, of course, rooted in the social context and are therefore of potential interest to sociologists. How might music be used to console or comfort people who are grieving, dying, or caring for people who are dying? 7. Consider some of the recent trends that have emerged and reflect on what the future might hold. What are your views of the future in relation to death and dying? What major changes do you expect and why? What effects do you think these changes will have?