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The Day the World Almost Came to An Endnotes

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This short story was told from the perspective of an adult

and chronicles the events behind a childs (the adult
narrator) belief that the world was about to end. The story is
set on a plantation in Louisiana in 1936, where the church
was the axis around which plantation life revolved. Despite
this fact, the narrator was holding on to being a sinner
because she believed that she could not live upright. One
day, while she was playing, her cousin Rena informed her
that the world was coming to an end. This was based on a
conversation that Rena overheard, and misunderstood,
about the eclipse. The hellfire sermons in church did not
help to stem the narrator's mounting panic and she worried
herself into a frazzle as a result. She had a conversation with
her father about this issue and he tried to quell her fears, but
unfortunately, he only managed to increase it with his
statement that the world could come to an end at any time.
The narrator spent the night conjuring images of dooms day,
which led to her overreaction to hearing the rumblings of an
old airplane. She ran out of her house screaming that the
world was coming to an end. Her father caught her on the
road and calmed her down. She appreciated life a lot more
after that incident and lived her life to the fullest.

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Religion:
This is the central theme in this short story. Plantation life
was centered on religion to the extent that even the
narrator's father was a deacon in the church. Religious
fervor, in the form of hellfire preaching, is also the fuel for
the panic that overtakes the narrator/protagonist in this
short story.
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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. Daddy's care in covering his daughter after
her mad dash through the turnrow is also an indication of
the love that he has for his child.
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