Mitford: The Curtain is Pulled

Mitford: The Curtain is Pulled Jessica Mitford brings many interesting questions to the table in her essay “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain.” She raises questions of the legality behind the process of embalming, the moral rights and wrongs, and goes into gory detail expressing what goes on in the backroom of funeral parlors nationwide. She talks about how the families of the deceased do not know that their loved ones are being embalmed, how to make …

…a lot of textbook answers and opinion in her essay, making us question what she really knows about the process of embalming. When making any future plans on embalming consider this question, would one be more likely to be embalmed after reading the Mitford essay, or should one do their own research? Doing their own research would increase their understanding of the process, and would get the accurate answers to all of the questions asked.