Journal 5: Compare and Contrast the funeral in Islam and Buddhism in reference to The Hungry Ghost by Hwee Hwee Tan

I have read short stories titled The Hungry Ghost written by Hwee Hwee Tan. From this story, there is a compare and contrast the funeral in Islam and Buddhism. In this story, the writers don’t believe in a Buddhism funeral at all. If we can see, in this story there are some compare and contrast about the funeral between Buddhism and Islam. In the Hungry Ghost Festival, they Buddhism will cook for soul of corpse person. In addition, the body of the corpse will be keep until 49 days before the funeral. In Islam, people only read Yasin and pray for the corpse. And after that, the funeral begins and Islam people don’t keep the corpse in a long time. This is the compare and contrast between Islam and Buddhism in The Hungry Ghost.