Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Unfairness of Life: A Time Enough At Last Reaction Paper


Upon hearing the title of the video, one would surely be curious as to what it is about. The title itself will give the viewer the reason to watch the video until the very end.

The video talks about the one kind of robber whom the law does not strike ate, and who steals what is most important to us men: TIME. Henry Bernis is a bank teller and an avid bookworm. Being a bookworm, he sneaks reading books like David Copperfield even during working hours, leaving his boss mad at him and even his wife. But a very strange thing happened because of this hobby. He was the lone survivor of a nuclear war that happened, all because he read a book inside the bank’s vault. He was depressed, yes; he even almost succumbed into suicide. But when he saw the public library’s ruins and found so many still intact and readable books, he wasn’t able t contain his joy. Now, he has all the time in the world to read books without being interrupted by his wife, or without being scolded by his boss. But sometimes in life, there are things that hinder you from doing what you wanted to do best. Unexpected things happen and sometimes, we can’t do anything about it – we just have to let it be. And this is what exactly happened to Henry. Just as he was about to pick up the first book he will read, he stumbled and his thick glasses, which is the only thing that makes him see, shattered – leaving him completely blind for the rest of his lonely stay in the planet surrounded by all the books he now can never read.


Certain instances in life will really lead us to thinking that it is unfair. Yes, it happens. It is undeniable that what happened to Henry was a disaster. But there are times when you can't do anything but  scream and cry and accept that life can sometimes be unfair.


Bea Cristine T. Ledesma
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