The Day the World Almost came to an End
1. How did this individual know that the world was about to end? (2 marks)
2. Why was the protagonist holding on to being a sinner? (1 mark)
the narrator was holding on to being a sinner because she believed that she could not 'live upright'.
3. What part did the eclipse play in the belief that the ending of the world was imminent? Explain the theory behind this? (4 marks)
4. What part does the church/religion play in fueling the child’s misconception about the ending of the world? (2 marks)
5. Who did the narrator want to talk to? How did that person respond to her fears? (3 marks)
The love and trust between father and daughter is glaring. When the narrator/protagonist was worried about the world coming to an end, the first person that she thought to consult on this issue was her father. His response to her childish fears, in turn, highlights the easy relationship between the two.
6. What were some of the things that the narrator viewed as a sin? (3 marks)
7. What was the result of the narrator’s growing paranoia? (2 marks)
8. What was the loud rumbling that the persona heard that made her think the world was ending? (1 mark)
9. What did the narrator do when she got herself under control? (2 marks)
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Explanation:
- This short article was said from the viewpoint of an adult & describes the circumstances behind a child's (adult narrator) assumption that the world was nearly to end.
- The article is based on a plantation in Louisiana in 1936, where the synagogue was the pivot around which plantation life revolved.
- Despite this truth, the narrator was contending to be a felon because she thought she could 'not live upright'. One day, while she was fiddling, her cousin Reena told her that the world was ending.
- It was based on the discussion that Reena heard and misunderstood about the eclipse.
- The sermons of Hell in the church did not help the narrator's growing nervousness, and as a result, he worried himself into an indulgence.
- He had a conversation with his father on the issue and he tried to allay his fears, but unfortunately, he only managed to magnify it with his statement that the world could end anytime.
- The narrator spent the night conjuring up images of doomsday, which caused him to hear the rumble of an old airplane. She ran out of her house screaming that the world was ending.
- Her father caught her on the road and pacified her. He appreciated life after that incident very much and lived his life to the fullest.
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