"Do not go Gentle into that Good Night"

"Do not go Gentle into that Good Night" is written by Dylan Thomas who is expressing his thought's death and the importance of fighting to live life to the fullest. "Do not go Gentle into that Good Night" reflects humanity’s strong struggle for life. The poem is an appeal for a fight against death for everyone. The speaker believes that people should try their best to live a full life and to not give up so easily.
The poem reminds me of the short story "Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter which is about an 80 year old woman's life. The story takes place in her mind and in her bedroom while she's on her death bed. Granny Weatherall, as she is lying on her death bed, flashbacks of her past that go as far back as 60 years, it's very apparent that she is not ready to leave the earth yet. "God, give a sign! For a second time there was no sign. Granny Weatherall has been in some way deceived or disappointed in every love relationship of her life. Her past lover George, husband John, daughter Cornelia, and God all did an injustice by what Porter refers to as “jilting.”
George is her first lover and the person she was about to marry left her at the altar. On her wedding day George did not show up, as he never showed at all and it is never stated that she heard from him again. She is once again left at the altar, but this time, the altar of death. “For the second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house. She could not remember any other sorrow because this grief wiped them all away. In life and in death, Granny Weatherall has been jilted and therefore made strong, bitter, and fearful. As she passes away she feels bitter, and fearful and not ready for death because she believes that she deserves to live more.
The idea of fear of death is also shown in the poem "Do not go Gentle into that Good Night" when the speaker says “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight/Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay/Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Lines 13-15). These lines describe when someone is so close to death, he will continue fighting it until the last moment.