Stiff

Along with what Alex posted earlier today I also found the chapter about testing cars to be the most interesting. On commercials we always see cars being tested with blow up humans in the front seats. Never would I have ever imagined that large car companies actually used human bodies to test cars but they would give the most accurate information on how the body would react in a crash and the damage it would cause. One question that is obvious throughout the whole book is how do all these people deal with being around dead bodies. I honestly do not think I would be able to do it. I realize they do try and dehumanize them and sometimes try and act as though it is a wax body but at the same time these were all once living, breathing humans. They each had families, and friends, and a job, and an impact in this world. If I had to be around those bodies all day I would wonder their life stories. I would wonder who their loved ones were and where they came from. I personally do not think I would be able to dehumanize them.