life or death essay

            I believe that Katha Upanishad is an allegory because an allegory reveals a hidden meaning. like in Katha Upanishad is revealing how a kid really what happens to live things when they die like do they just die or do they live on but in a different way.

        In Katha Upanishad, Nachiketas father told him that he'll be offered to death. So Nachiketas went to see  Yama or "death". He told him that he found him so he deserves 3 boon or gifts. Nachiketa first boon was or his dad to be happy when he returned to his home. His second boon was for him to learn how to do a fire sacrifice. The last one was the hardest one for Yama to give Nichiketas which was to know what happens after death if we still exist or do we don't anymore.

      I believe that the abstract themes of religion and death really show in this story because Yama was not trying to answer his question. Which made me believe that Yama didn't want to talk about what happens when we die because people all around the world have different opines on the one question. And that's, why people have been thinking about the answer for millions of years and nobody, has the answer with proof but people still believe that we can become angles and go to hell or be heaven with god but it just depends on the persons' beliefs. That's one of the reasons why I believe that religion and death can be together but it controversial in our day and age.

  Nachiketas in Katha Upanishad is just a teenager just like me. Sometimes he was ignorant towards his father but that what all teenagers go thru. Maybe asking Yama for his gift was wrong but he really wanted to know and all of us might want to know.