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The speaker in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Miss Pinkerton in Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse both try to resist within their respective stories. Miss Pinkerton and the Speaker are similar while also different in the ways they resist. They both try to resist something that they do not have control over. However, Miss Pinkerton is less relentless in her resistance to the Men's prejudice thoughts, than the Speaker is in resisting aging.
Miss Pinkerton tries to resist the two men’s corrupt thoughts, while the Speaker tries to resist against aging and even death. When she was being interiewed by the reporter George, “whispered something to the photographer. ‘Women!’ ... What an evening! We aren’t accustomed to drink, you see...” (Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse 119). While talking to the reporter, George disagrees with Miss Pinkerton because he insists on being correct. Even though he did not witness the event, he still tried to degrade her by persisting she is wrong. Miss Pinkerton cannot …show more content…
The Speaker shows more uncooperativeness towards the future. When talking to his father the Speaker says, “Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night). The speaker is powerless in the prevention of his father’s passing away. Here too, he tries to resist against an uncontrollable process. He even goes as far as to asking his father to resist death by telling him to, “do not go gentle into that good night”. On the other hand, Miss Pinkerton is quicker to give up. For example, after George questions her judgement Miss Pinkerton responds, “We really oughtn’t to have done this, George.... It was my fault, all my fault” (Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse 119). After one retort, she gives into the men’s thoughts. This differs from the Speakers eagerness to force the issue. Although they both try to resist, one goes further into an impossible
The speaker in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Miss Pinkerton in Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse both try to resist within their respective stories. Miss Pinkerton and the Speaker are similar while also different in the ways they resist. They both try to resist something that they do not have control over. However, Miss Pinkerton is less relentless in her resistance to the Men's prejudice thoughts, than the Speaker is in resisting aging.
Miss Pinkerton tries to resist the two men’s corrupt thoughts, while the Speaker tries to resist against aging and even death. When she was being interiewed by the reporter George, “whispered something to the photographer. ‘Women!’ ... What an evening! We aren’t accustomed to drink, you see...” (Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse 119). While talking to the reporter, George disagrees with Miss Pinkerton because he insists on being correct. Even though he did not witness the event, he still tried to degrade her by persisting she is wrong. Miss Pinkerton cannot …show more content…
The Speaker shows more uncooperativeness towards the future. When talking to his father the Speaker says, “Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night). The speaker is powerless in the prevention of his father’s passing away. Here too, he tries to resist against an uncontrollable process. He even goes as far as to asking his father to resist death by telling him to, “do not go gentle into that good night”. On the other hand, Miss Pinkerton is quicker to give up. For example, after George questions her judgement Miss Pinkerton responds, “We really oughtn’t to have done this, George.... It was my fault, all my fault” (Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse 119). After one retort, she gives into the men’s thoughts. This differs from the Speakers eagerness to force the issue. Although they both try to resist, one goes further into an impossible