Psy 225 Death Scenario Paper

Death Scenario Paper

PSY/225

I found this to be a really difficult assignment in that it forced me to look into myself and to come up with real and concrete answers versus the cookie cutter answers that we all might have in the back of our mind in such a scenario. We all would like to have some heroic answer to this scenario wherein we beat the odds and come out victorious, in spite of adversity. This is not what this scenario is all about, however. It instead deals the reader a hopeless scenario where death is inevitable. The question is, knowing that death is here, how do I as the reader react, not fight.

This scenario invoked senses of helplessness and an extreme urgency in me. Right from the start, it’s clear that the person in the scenario, the reader (me) in this case realizes the gravity of the plight. The scenario is not particularly wordy or lengthy, but it quite effectively portrays the scene. Having been in a fire myself while serving in the Navy, I know exactly what occurs in a situation like this and also understand that the fire in this scenario is a mindless, unforgiving, unrelenting force. There is no defeating it, barring an act of God or last minute intervention by fire fighters. Nothing else might have a positive outcome. I was reminded of my own experiences during a shipboard fire when I thought I might actually die. That same sense of panic and urgency came back to me. For whatever reason, a sense of anger and betrayal overwhelmed me in the real life scenario that I experienced. I felt the same range of emotions here.

How I would handle my final moments is a tough question. It is a question most people cannot accurately answer until faced with this situation. In my real life fire, I fought the blaze with all the resources