How Does Miss Pinkerton's Ability To Show The Theme Of Resistance

In the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas and the short story Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse Characters Show the trait of resistance against outside forces.. The Ability to have resistance helps one to keep their own ideas and beliefs while in the midst of being denied such ideas and beliefs. While Both texts show the importance of resistance, they also show different ways of resisting, and finally the overall rewards of resistance.

Resistance is important to stand up for one’s beliefs. In the short story Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse Miss Pinkerton tries to convey her knowledge of the spode platter flying through her house to Mr. Lake. Miss Pinkerton exclaims “‘I know my facts,’ she stated as usual, ‘I should hope I know

my facts. I’ve been in antique china for twenty-three years in the autumn,’ which was true, and George knew it.”(page 115). Even knowing that she was right Mr. Lake rebuttals stating “‘It must be a forgery’”(Page 116). Miss pinkerton even though being denied by Mr. Lake of her knowledge sticks true to her knowledge. In doing this Miss Pinkerton gains power over the situation putting her ahead of Mr. Lake and keeping firm her ideas. A similar stance can be found in the Poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. The poem talks about an old man who is at his last breath, close to death. The author states “Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.”(Thomas 4-6) Even though a dying man knows that he made no difference in the word and his “words forked no lightning”(Thomas 5) he should still fight death. The Author states “they do not go gentle into that good night”(Thomas 6), because even though they have made no difference yet, that doesn’tmean they still don’t have a chance. This coincides with miss Pinkerton who fought for her ideas even against Mr.Lake similar to how the old man fights for his ideas on his deathbed.
Resistance is defined to be the act of opposing and can be put into action in many ways.

In Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse Miss Pinkerton abandons her original story after the reporter favors Mr.Lake and Mr.Lake starts being sexist. Miss Pinkerton Lies that “‘A tiny man half the size of my finger‘,she declared. ‘He sat on a tiny stool. He held the little tiny steering wheel with one hand and waved with the other’”(Page 119). Even though miss Pinkerton abandons her truthful knowledge she attempts to keep an equal footing with Mr.Lake. With this she keeps her belief in equality while she stands up to Mr.Lake. This form of resistance is differed by the one described in the Poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. The Author continues to state “Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay” and repeats firmly again “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”(Thomas 7-9). The Same stance is held that the old man should “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” and hold his ground with death. In doing so the Man can continue to fight for his ideas, and that “their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay”. The Author counties with the belief that the old man should stick to all his beliefs to the end, while Miss Pinkerton abounds the less important to withhold the most meaningful to her. This shows that resistance can be shown in different ways but still show

results.
Even though there are different ways of resistance the act in itself always reaps benefits.

Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse Miss Pinkerton totally changes her story to be that they were drunk stating “‘Women, you know! It always comes down to women in the finish’, she told them. ‘We had a couple of drinks. ‘Mr. Lake had rather more than i did’, she added triumphantly.(Page 120). In this short time Miss Pinkerton totally loses the trust of the reporter for both herself and Mr. Lake. Though she loses the story she keeps her power and her integrity, which would’ve otherwise been lost if Mr. Lake won the story. A similar triumphant can be seen in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. The author writes “ Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight; Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay.”(Thomas 13-14). This shows that even as the old man, “who see with blinding sight”(Thomas 13) and is down to his last glimpse of life can still rejoice in the fruits of his labor. He held onto his beliefs and dreams to the end so that he could see them come to life and his “Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay”(Thomas 14). Both the poem and the short story show that resistance no matter how done will help to keep your ideas and

beliefs.
Throught the short story Miss Pinkerton’s Apocalypse and the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas the key trait of resistance is shown. Through the actions of Miss pinkerton you see her successfully resist sexism and the power gain Mr. Lake tries to gain off this. In the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night the Author encourages old men to fight death as long as possible, because they still can make a difference. These pieces although show different forms of resisting they both show that the act of resistance can bring great rewards of keeping hold onto your beliefs.