In order to underline the importance of death in our lives and also why we are so afraid of it, the author refers to a book entitled The Denial of Death and written by Ernest Becker. The anthropologist states that there are two main reasons which represent the foundation of our fear in regard to the end of life. The first of it is known as death terror which is caused by our possibility of imagining ourselves in hypothetical situations. This is a trait which animals don't possess so, in other words, it can be seen as one of those characteristics which make us human. Even so, being able to imagine us in different situations ultimately leads to a deep form of anxiety because we are not sure how things will end even though there is a multitude of possibilities. The other reason presented in the book is in regard to the immortality projects. We extend ourselves over the physical part. That part is known as being the mortal one but there is also a second self-known as the conceptual self. There is a reason why we desire so much to have our names on structures and books because this will ensure that even after our death we won't be forgotten. This is exactly what causes all the fear and feeling of failing. We tend to live for our immortality projects rather for ourselves and as a conclusion of this we end up desiring to always be alive which means we never live.