In yesterdays lesson, we watched a documentary called 'The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off.' This documentary focused on a 36 year old man called John Kennedy suffering from a condition called EB. This meant that his skin was weak and tore easily, therefore preventing growth and making his life extremely painful. The documentary follow John through his final four months and what he felt during these months. As well as focusing on John and his unfortunate disease, it also looked at other controversial topics. One of the focuses was the outlook on death. Throughout the documentary, Kennedy talked about his beliefs of what happen after death which is that there is something after death and life is just preparing you for this, so there's no point being afraid of it. Death has always been a subject which, commonly, people don't like to talk about but this documentary breaks the shell and delves deep into it. However death is not the only topic covered as abortion is also touched upon. There is a part of the program where the makers of the program ask the mother if she would've aborted if she could go back and she didn't hesitate to say she would have. Topics like abortion and death are so controversial because opinions about them can change depending on the scenario. Using the program as an example, if somebody was to be asked if abortion was acceptable, the majority would say no however, if that person was then to watch this documentary and see how much John was suffering their opinion may be different.
Here is a link to the full documentary on Channel 4:
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