The Death Of Romney Wordsworth In The Obsolete Man

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The Obsolete man is about a librarian named Romney Wordsworth, who finds himself in a setting which seems to a courtroom, where he is accused of being obsolete. He lives in a world where the government decides what the people need to know. In this society there are no books and no God. Romney is being accused of being obsolete because he is a librarian and since there is no book allowed then there is no need for a librarian, therefore it makes Romney worthless. The goal of the society is to get rid of everyone who is old and useless. After the Chancellor convicted him of being obsolete, he was ordered to be executed. With that, Romney had the choice to choose the method of his death. Romney chose to be killed inside his home and he wanted it to be …show more content…

The two days later, the Chancellor arrives to at Romney’s home, he tells him that he has a bomb in the room that will go off at midnight. When the Chancellor tries to leave, he realizes that the door was locked and there was no way out. As the events are being broadcasted live, Romney decides to show the viewers how a spiritual man faces death by reading his bible. On the other hand the Chancellor is panicking about the fact that he is about to die. The Chancellor begs for Romney to let him go “in the name of God,” and right before the bomb goes off Romney unlocks the door and lets the Chancellor out. When the Chancellor returns to the courtroom, he is now being accused of being obsolete because of his cowardness.
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