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Management of Grief
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Management of Grief

 
 Theory-- Stages of Grief Management in the story

 The Moments

 Characters

 The Canadian government -- evasive 159, indifferent 160.

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 The Event:
"At 08:13 hours London time [June 22nd., 1985] Air India flight 182, which had left Toronto earlier and having taken on luggage and passengers from the Vancouver originating flight was about to start decent into London's Heathrow Airport. The captain radioed that all was normal. Moments later, at 31,000 feet Air India flight 182 exploded and crashed into the Atlantic ocean off the Coast of Ireland." 
 The Consequences:
  • Three Hundred and twenty-nine
         people died on board.  
     
    •   the story p. 162
 
   
  1. What does the title "Management of Grief" mean? 
     
  2. How do the characters deal with their, or the others', grief? 
     
  3. How is Canadian government criticized? 
     
 
 Theory-- Stages of Grief Management in the story
  1. Rejection, 2. depression, (Depressed Acceptance) 3. Acceptance, 4. reconstruction (p. 170)

What is not considered?
guilt/regret,  p. , hope,
prefers ignorance, or their own versions  p. 163
mourning process: searching, waiting.

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 The Moments
  -- mourning
-- release
 
 Characters
  -- The narrator (Mrs. Shaila Bhave),
-- Pam, escape, feeling neglected.  p. 161, 174
-- Kusum, accept fate, 163, 164, 173
-- Dr. Ranganathan, another kind of escape, while keeping the connection  p. 174
-- the elderly couple  leave it to their god; insist on their own way and believe themselves "strong."

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The Canadian government -- evasive 159, indifferent 160.
  <--> Irish 163-164, 165, 166  giving flowers and showing sympathy
<--> not blaming on the whole group of people because of some individuals 167

Judith Templeton--considers them ignorant, a mess.

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  The Sorrow and the Terror: The Haunting Legacy of the Air India Tragedy
"in the photo gallery some relatives had trouble recognizing the marked faces and bloated bodies. . .They had an easier time recognizing the photographs of friends and neighbours."

"Fatalism was a temporary boon to government and insurance companies."

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