Marylin Monroe
Marylin MonroeThe Death of Marilyn Monroe
“Goddess of the silver screen,” better known as Marilyn Monroe, was one of the most famous actresses in the 1950’s. She was a blond, beautiful woman. Marilyn Monroe was a role model to many Americans and her death had affected millions. Hollywood had lost a rising star in the making, to drugs and alcohol. Many thought they knew Marilyn, but many were wrong.
In the poem, “The Death of Marilyn Monroe” Sherian Olds, writes about how her death had affected the ambulance men. In the first stanza, it is just talking about, how the ambulanced men fixed her up, before lying her on the stretcher. While doing this, they are grieving the lost of a famous actress. Out of respect, they closed her eyes and fixed her arms, so it wouldn’t be hanging lifeless out of the stretcher. They look down at her one more time, and just realized that she looked as if she were still alive, just in a deep sleep.
The men can’t believe that she had died. They look at her as if she were going to wake up and thank them for taking care of her. At the same time, the men look down at her and think that it is such a waste she did that to herself. They couldn’t believe she cut her life short, when she had so much going for her. Yet, they still had so much respect for her. It made them realize that death can take the most precious things in life.
In the second stanza, it talks about how after that moment; it affects their life greatly. After that night, they still went about the usual plans they had, but they were still grieving over the loss of a beautiful young lady. They felt it so bad, that they couldn’t look at each other straight in the eyes.
They realized how death is an important factor in life. It can come and take anyone and everyone at any time in life. They couldn’t believe what they had seen with their own eyes. The fact that they couldn’t look at each other in they eyes was their way of dealing with the situation. The men now are aware of how much her life was valued.
It affected them so much, that they were viewing everything in a different perspective. One man, had nightmares, others had strange pains, impotence, and gone through depression. Just knowing that they see all this kaos in the world, they start hating their work field. There are some things that are not meant to be seen by certain individuals.
Looking at their wife’s and kids alone, is so drastic for them. Being able to see and experienced what they saw, can change a persons life so drastically.