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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Analysis
From the poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” what perspective would you have as the son and the father?

If I were to be in the father’s shoes I would ask myself how much quality of life I was getting being sick. If I was with my family every day and still getting the most I can out of life I would fight all I could to stay alive. If I was suffering more in life than enjoying it I would stop fighting, I wouldn’t want to lay around all day feeling at the worst possible. It is a hard question to answer because I haven’t been in this situation but I see it as it would be just as hard to die and leave everyone as it is to fight and stay alive. I don’t know what dying feels like, but I imagine it to not be something great. From the son’s
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