Not With A Bang

The short story Not With A Bang brings up an interesting issue. In the story the last man on earth tries to convince the last woman on earth to marry him with the apparent noble intention to keep the human race alive. However, the only reason he wants to marry this woman is so they can have kids who he can abuse, and a wife that he can abuse. The man dies in the bathroom from the disease that inflicted the rest of humanity.

The interesting issue that this story brings up is that if the last man on earth is evil, does the human race even deserve to survive. It does deserve to survive because there is always a capacity to change, in people. It happens every day, people make the decision to change a habit, to quit smoking, or start working hard. Another reason is that you shouldn't punish the son for the sins of his father. By the last couple not reproducing you do not give any of there children or their children's children a chance at a good life, and worse you kill the whole entire human race. The man in this story was truly evil but the human race shouldn't be punished or eliminated just because of one man's shortcomings.