Time Enough at Last is the 8th
episode of the American Television series “The Twilight Zone”. The episode is
from the short story written by Marilyn Veneble. It is about a man named Henry
Bemis, a bank teller and an avid reader. Being too addicted to reading books,
it affects his work. One time he shortchanged a customer, making him annoyed.
This angered Bemis’ boss and wife. His boss’ wife mocked him. The next day,
Bemis had lunch on the banks vault, where he can read books. All of a sudden a
tremendous explosion happened, knocking him unconscious. After gaining
consciousness, he went out of the vault and found everyone dead. He was the
sole survivor and although he can survive because there were tons of foods that
are left for him, he was in despair because he was alone in the shattered
world. He then found a library, and saw that the books are readable. He
realized he had all the time in the world to read them all. But he accidentally
tripped and his glasses broke, leaving him virtually blind. Thus he cannot read
the books anymore, making him more gloomy and depressed.
If I’m
going to make an update of the story, instead of killing himself, I’ll continue
it with him collecting the shattered pieces of his glasses. He will really try
his best to find it and bring the pieces together. His glasses are very crucial
to him because he will also need it when looking for food. After he found all
the pieces, he will go find something to attach the pieces together, like glue
or something, which I think is not impossible to find. After that he can go on
to his life, fulfilled, reading books from different fields, becoming more
knowledgeable that it allows him to experiment, build robots, enhance the
technology, and make the world a little better for him.
Pauline de Leon
2011-44571
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