If
I were going to write an adaptation of “Time Enough At Last,” I would still
want to retain the moral of the episode. It pictures a string of hope despite solitude
and loneliness.
Who?
The protagonist of the story is a boy born with a very weak respiratory system
that he needed to literally live inside a ball for the rest of his life. This
ball is a recent invention of his father who desperately sought for a cure for
his son’s incapability. It carried the responsibility of providing him a
controlled environment which is safe and suitable for him. It is equipped with
a portable oxygen tank and all the other stuff he would need to survive. It is the
21st century and technology is a big part of the people’s existence.
Sandy
grew while suffering from the discrimination of others. He never got the chance
to make friends nor to even start a conversation with anyone other than his
parents. He is trapped not just in a ball, but in a world full of harsh people,
unable to accept his peculiarity. But one day, an unexpected crisis has changed
everything about Sandy’s life. That was the day he started believing in what he
couldn’t before.
The
whole place was ravaged by the deadliest plague. Everyone was infected and soon
they all died. Sandy, being the only one living in the most protected
environment, was the only survivor. He dreaded that day, and the fact that he
felt, for a moment, the comfort he never felt before. He felt lucky that though
he had suffered a lot, there he was, totally fine while all else was gone. But
as if that wasn’t enough for him to be grateful, he didn’t wish for any of
those to happen. Alone inside the ball he called home, he mourned for his
family’s loss.
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