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First Douglas becomes conscious of the fact he is alive when berry-picking with his father and brother, Tom. He never really thought of this before, and his discovery gives him a feeling of pure joy and excitement and he celebrates all the life that is around him. But however, the rest of the book is about Douglas coming to term with what follows life—death and understanding he must die someday.
Life is in a way inseparable from death. We see them as two opposite ends of existence, and the li
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In conclusion, we must realize that we cannot stop death, but once we admit that then we can live life to its fullest, neither taking it for granted, nor excessively questioning the beauty it brings. What is important is that we continually drink in the magic of life. Douglas wishes that he and Tom would live forever together. On the contrary, Ray Bradbury shows us that death is not always a bad thing.
In contrast, Colonel Freeleigh, or the time machine as the boys called him, willing speeds up his death in return for the feeling of his blood rushing through his veins and his heart beat like it did when he was young. The fight with mortality became so terrible for Douglas because he refused to let it go and even came up with far-reaching ways to avoid death. For example, both Helen Loomis and Great-Grandma Spaulding die content and comfortable. Like when he and Tom took the fortune telling witch from the arcade and tried to wake up Madame Floristan Mariani Tarot, the Chiromancer, Soul Healer, and Deep-Down Diviner of Fates and Furies. They are able to die happy because they lived their lives the way they wanted to with no regrets. Life only has meaning as long as there is death. Douglas gets sick and almost “dies” before Tom gets Mr.
Like Grandpa Spaulding, we must see the beauty in simple things such as mowing the lawn or the flavorful scents of the garden and its weeds.
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