Theme

I believe that the theme that "The Final Salute" and "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" share is that to lose someone in your family is a difficult thing to have to go through, but knowing that they died trying is better. What I mean by this is that in "The Final Salute" the family was so sad but he died serving his country; and in the poem, the son wants to know that his father is not going to die without a fight. That is what I gathered from reading the article and poem.