Creative+Writing+Pieces

** RATIONALE FOR CREATIVE WRITING: **
===** I decided to make creative writing pieces because I'm a very good writer. I feel that creative writing pieces could strongly represent the book. With writing one is able to open up new portals and take the reader on an adventure. **===

Encyclopedia Entry: Death,Sadness
=== Why do people automatically associate the word death with sadness? Death is inevitable, so why fear it if we know one day it has to come? We fear it because it is the unknown. It's sad because our presence will no longer exsist on this earth. Or will it? From hearing wise words I have learned that I can find peace and happiness by having a good religion. Not necessarily meaning in practicing religion, but by finding peace and harmony within myself. That is good religion. Death is a step in the process of life. ===

Showing Not Telling: The Man Was Dying.
=== -And they all sat there around the fragment of what used to be. The person in front of them was not the same in form. The skin was shrunken. The hair was thin and gray. The breathing short and labored. The presence was wrapped in bundle after bundle despite the warmness of the outside world. The eyes of the sad ones were wet and dull; their faces streaked with dried tears. Most hadn't smiled in weeks. For some it had been months. They sat with permanent frown lines on their faces. They were worried about the presence. How much pain was he in? What should they say? -But the presence, he sat there bold and unafraid in his throne. He looked at all the loving faces around him and smiled. He looked at the bird outside building a nest for its family. He looked at the dainty butterfly sucking sweet nector from the fresh fushia flower. He turned his head and looked at the sun. The beams shined bright through the window. Crystalized particles seemed to float through the air. He closed his eyes, and fell into a transporting-tranquil deep sleep. ===