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; " Kaleidoscope ": A group of astronauts are sent floating helplessly through space after a malfunction in their ship.
The story illustrates the final thoughts and conversations of the crew members as they face their death.
The narrator bitterly reflects on his life and feels he has accomplished nothing worthwhile.
His final thought is a wish that his life would at least be worth something to someone else.
Ultimately, the narrator is incinerated as he falls through Earth's atmosphere and appears as a shooting star to a child in Illinois.
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