Reaction Paper : Twilight Zone

During the 1950’s, the world was still in chaos. There wasn’t exactly peace and order since there were nations at war with each other because of aiming too much power and sovereignty over one another. The “Time Enough At Last” episode of the Twilight zone presented what was happening to the society at that time. One of these is the H-bomb which destructed the entire human race except the bookworm Bemis. It also tackled the issue of the importance of being alone and of time to the main character. He seemed to also be living in a period wherein the people disregarded how important books are which was shown through the characters of his wife and boss in the bank.

If I am going to make an adaptation of the film, I would situate it in the present, particularly in the Philippines. Unlike the reality of the film wherein there was bombing, I guess the threats of destruction for the country are the natural disasters. Since what recently happened to the country is the Yolanda Typhoon which washed away the inhabitants of the province of Leyte, I would place my character in the position as a survivor of that disaster. Although at present many are not fond of reading books anymore and instead they spend their time using the internet, the character remains a bookworm in the adaptation. He is not restricted by the people around him to read books but he cannot attend school since their family is economically deprived. When the calamity strikes, he survives. Since he is far-flung area, the rescuers won’t be able to immediately locate him so he tries to look for food and resources and suddenly bumps to the college library. He decided to enter to the library instead of searching for food and resources. However, since the natural disaster that came was a typhoon, all of the books were drenched in water, thus unreadable.

There are several ways to cope with the delight or sadness in being alone. There are also several impediments into achieving what our desires are. Lastly, having all the time in the world doesn’t always equate to the absolute sadness or happiness of our lives.

Sy, Danica (2013-50915)