Brian Cable profiles the Goodbody Mortuary. Do you think it is a well-written profile of this building/business? If so, what makes it strong? If not, how could it be improved?

Brian Cable’s profile and description of Goodbody Mortuary was well written with an in-depth look into the building and business venture. His visualization of the building was super descriptive and had direct contact and communication to portray the content aspect of the business from the mortuary director. The topic of death alone makes for a strong topic with every human being and the end of life issue grabs the individual reader cause it is a universal part of life.

I was impressed with Brian Cable’s visualization of detail on the mortuary, his expectations and the setting the building was placed. The importance of the business in today’s world that it was a necessity and how the mortuary director deemed it as a growing productive business that had inflation aspects to it over the years, the cost of funerals and items have gone up in price exponentially.

Mind you this rendition of a mortuary and death in general is an individuals point of view. In some instances I have known mortuaries were not even involved. First Nation people in the far Northern Ontario at times will bury their own without the assistance of a mortuary em-bombing the body and or casket, even providing any service. All is done locally, handcrafted caskets, local church service, and community support for the burial itself.

In my First Nation community when an individual passes on the service is held at our community gymnasium so the entire community can visit and pay respects to the loved one that had passed and family members. The mortuary is only involved with body prep and casket purchase / delivery, rarely a service is done by way of western religions it is usually traditional native spirituality funeral services  delivered. Death in my culture is a time of celebration as the person starts on a new journey to the after life and the creator is welcoming.