Both father and son know that his life is quickly coming to an end, and Thomas begs his father not to carry the emotional baggage of this world with him , similar to the "lightning bolt" mentioned earlier, in the afterlife dying a peaceful and dignified death. The author's goal is to expose all the emotions felt between the two men, whether positive or negative, so that the old man can die free and both men come to a fuller understanding of each other. other and themselves. In Judith Wright's "Australia, 1970," the author gives much the same advice as Dylan Thomas in "Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night," only in Wright's case, her advice is not aimed at a single person, but to the physical land of his native Australia. However, while Thomas counsels those who are at the end of their natural life cycle, Wright educates a land that is, in effect, prematurely murdered by its