The Last Night Of The World Analysis

In the short story, “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, a man has a dream about the world coming to an end. As the man discusses the dream with his wife, they are both amazed at each others reactions to accepting the reality of knowing that the world is coming to an end, that was going to result in the instantaneous death of their beloved family. Surprisingly, he conceives to the fact that everyone that he has encountered, was familiar with the same dream and has accepted the reality of the event. As the remaining hours of human life dwindled to an end, the man and his wife begins to pantomime the reasons why life might be ending. They both agreed on why such a fate was brought about, how they felt about the end, and what they were going to do on their last night alive. As every second, minute, and hour passed on the clock, which is quickly approaching Twelve O’ One, it makes no sense that everyone will perish. The immoral activities throughout society has led to all the disarray in the world, and regardless of what role you have or have not played in this activity, the end is inevitable. …show more content…
This question often emerges when an individual is dealing with the death of a loved one. Often at death, we reflect on lives lived and usually wish for more time to make amends by doing and are saying things we never did when our loved ones were alive. Although our heart leads us to long for the continued living presence of the now deceased loved one, time helps the mind accept their death. This short story tells the story of the last moments of a man and his wife and those moments are contrary to normal responses to the dying