On The Beach

On the Beach

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On the Beach , written by British-Australian novelist Nevil Shute is a post-apocalyptic novel that conceptualized the end of the world through the after effect of a nuclear war . Published in 1957 , the plot of the story focused on the southern hemisphere in Australia where the people continued their daily lives despite the eminent death beset upon them when the southern wind carrying the lethal radiation reach their country within six months . The nuclear war actually destroyed the Northern hemisphere killing

all living things , and subsequently was initiated by Albania that eventually ignited an Arab-Israeli war followed by the war between Russia and the NATO member countries that consequently led to a war between China and Russia . By the end of the war , the United States mistakenly bombed Russia

Most of the people living in Southern Australia have no idea of the actual accounts of the war in the Northern hemisphere and they continued their daily activities as if nothing happened and will happen . Children attending to school and church , doctors and surgeons performing medical surgeries ironically to lengthen a life with an inevitable death in the end , the busy market place , and bicycles and horses are being used for transportation due to the lack of supply of gasoline . Instead of rioting on the streets and conducting unjust or unlawful practices , the people calmly continued on with their lives1 . The only most despicable act committed by majority of the people is to drink...