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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
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Essay Topics
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and psychological and emotional health challenges.
How do humans’ relationship to the natural world influence their underlying death terror. For Yalom, is interacting with nature helpful or harmful for those experiencing severe death anxiety? Use examples from the text in your response.
How does Yalom distinguish between a healthy versus an unhealthy awareness of death? Can too much awareness affect someone negatively? Provide examples from the text to support your argument.
Evaluate the role of gender in Yalom’s approach to addressing death anxiety. Do people of different genders express death anxieties in particular ways, or does the expression of these fears transcend gender boundaries? Provide examples from the text.
