tuesdays with morrie- death

The fear of death is inevitable. All people are afraid of everything in life comming to an end. Even if a piticular person believes in an after life of some sort, nobody knows for sure what will happen, everyone has a fear of death. I think that this might be the only reason for why death is considered such a taboo topic. It's because everyone has different beliefs about what might happen after death, and also just the fact that Americans are afraid of things that they aren't certain of.
Most Americans have an emphasis on materialism, it's the American way of life. Everyone's feelings about death can be realted to our materialism, because just like our fear of death, people have a fear of failure in life. And although this failure might not be the same for everyone, but in general, it's the American way to be materialistic. Or it might be that American's use materialism to distract them from fears and problems, like death.