Summary Analysis of Ray Bradbury's "The Last Night of the World"
Daniel S. Meltzer
Professor Bridget Bell
English 121
07 October 2013
The Unanswered Mysteries of the End of the World Throughout the book “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, there are a lot of vague generalizations that are left unanswered. Ray Bradbury is known for his descriptive literature and vast amounts of emotion and mystery; most of which is never completely understood by the reader. Ray Bradbury is well known for his articulate literature as he often portrays thorough coherency throughout his stories. Modern day literature is straight to the point and easy to understand but Bradbury is not only able to connect his stories to real world events but he also engages the reader by personally connecting his literature in a way the reader never would truly understand. I plan to summarize and analyze Ray Bradbury’s, “The Last Night of the World” to help readers better comprehend his style of literature; a style that directly relates to the real world and to his readers While reading “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, there was an evident pattern throughout that tells the story of what it may be like during the end of the world. But, throughout the book, the story portrayed is a story completely different from what most readers would expect. In the beginning, Ray Bradbury starts the story off by asking two questions. The reader is then more engaged in the reading as asking a question allows the reader to think and helps boost the reader’s interest in the story; helps make the reader want to read on. Ray Bradbury then proceeds onward as if the main character was answering the question that was asked in the beginning. If an author asks a question, it is usually rhetorical and not meant to be answered; this is interesting as most stories do not start off the way it has started off. Through the beginning of the story, “The Last Night of the World”, two characters whose names are never disclosed (which is another interesting part of the
Professor Bridget Bell
English 121
07 October 2013
The Unanswered Mysteries of the End of the World Throughout the book “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, there are a lot of vague generalizations that are left unanswered. Ray Bradbury is known for his descriptive literature and vast amounts of emotion and mystery; most of which is never completely understood by the reader. Ray Bradbury is well known for his articulate literature as he often portrays thorough coherency throughout his stories. Modern day literature is straight to the point and easy to understand but Bradbury is not only able to connect his stories to real world events but he also engages the reader by personally connecting his literature in a way the reader never would truly understand. I plan to summarize and analyze Ray Bradbury’s, “The Last Night of the World” to help readers better comprehend his style of literature; a style that directly relates to the real world and to his readers While reading “The Last Night of the World” by Ray Bradbury, there was an evident pattern throughout that tells the story of what it may be like during the end of the world. But, throughout the book, the story portrayed is a story completely different from what most readers would expect. In the beginning, Ray Bradbury starts the story off by asking two questions. The reader is then more engaged in the reading as asking a question allows the reader to think and helps boost the reader’s interest in the story; helps make the reader want to read on. Ray Bradbury then proceeds onward as if the main character was answering the question that was asked in the beginning. If an author asks a question, it is usually rhetorical and not meant to be answered; this is interesting as most stories do not start off the way it has started off. Through the beginning of the story, “The Last Night of the World”, two characters whose names are never disclosed (which is another interesting part of the