The story “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury shows the acceptance of death through complacency. As the couple spends time together in the house, they begin to talk about the odd dream they experienced. Since so many people have had the dream, they believe the outcome will come true that night. Even though they predict, like everyone else, the world is to come to an end, they do not change anything about their “good enough” routine. When their children go to bed, the couple spends time “read[ing] papers and talk[ing]... [then] s[i]t[ting] together by the fireplace looking at the charcoal embers… [thinking] of all the other people in the world who had spent their evening, each in their special way.” The couple does not change anything
