It's funny how a man can be in a state of mental and physical destruction but some how manage to leave it all behind when a type of art, such as the music from the phonograph, is bro

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ught to his attention. This is exactly how the men in the story plan to survive the devastation around them. Outside of the music there is nothing. One man so wants to make his own form of art, he says, "I want paper to write on," then continue, "And there is none." The destruction of the war has taken all the meaning out of the earth leaving memories of the catastrophe to their surroundings. It's dark and the ground is filled with craters left by the bombs that have taken the life from around them. All these things sound to be enough to make a man sick, but when the music is heard it seems to relieve these men's minds completely of the darkness and open a tunnel of light. This light has the power to bring back memories, bring up new ideas, or just give meaning to listen to the phonograph agai!

n and again. The doctor's offer to the men to come back week after week gave them a reason to look forward to the next day. It's amazing how something as simple as music can have such an effect on someone.

The men's love for the music is obvious because when the old man asks the other

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Approximate Word count = 784
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)