As I was reading the Last Stop, I was lost in my own thought for a moment. More specifically, when the passage about the importance of burial and its role in providing the living with closure came up, I couldn’t help but to think back to when I was attending the funeral of my grandparents. They were precious to me. While my grandmother passed away after fighting a long battle with her illness, which had also gave me time to say goodbye, my grandfather passed away due a sudden fall. I didn’t have the chance to get closure, but being able to see him one last time during the burial might had give me some relief on a subconscious level. The author was able to connect the profile with a relatable subject for everyone which is death and its effect on the human pysch while also provide some interesting facts about the mortuaty industry. The description of the funeral home was mixed with a discussion about spirtuality and current issues that kept the reader interested and left a fresh impression with each new paragraph. I also found that the introduction of the mortuary director was a great detail. Just like how a story is only as interesting as its characters, the mortuary director was the personnification of the funeral home who lead the reader into its world. Overall, for such a bland topic as the profile of a funeral home, I was pleasantly surprised by how hooked I was on reading this piece and how emotional it made me feel. The only criticism I cab make is that the author didn’t use a more personal approach by relating his own experience with death, which could serve to enrich the topic.