Dylan Thomas
In this poem, the speaker urges his father to stay alive. The phrase "Do not go gentle into that good night"(Thomas) reminds me of the phrase 'don't go towards the light'. The speaker is urging his father to fight to stay alive by telling him to rage against the light and to not go gentle into that good night. The speaker tells his father of other men who have stayed alive for various reasons. Wise men refused death because they had yet made a discovery. Good men though that their good deeds could have come undone. Wild men thought death came too soon, and Grave men realize that their lives could have been more. The speaker hopes that his father will fight death so that they could spend more time together. Often, people believe that before death they will see a light which will lead them to death. The speaker must have believed this because he urged his father to rage against the light. The speaker seemed to truly love his father because of the passion with which he urged his father to fight death.
The phrase "Don't go towards the light" reminds me of a scene from A Bug's Life where two mosquitoes were flying around a bug zapper! Enjoy
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