The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois is a short story about two characters, a white woman named Julia and a black man named Jim, after a comet hits New York. The story follows the relationship between the two characters while they are living and experiencing challenges with the crisis. The Comet mentions topics like racism and social constructs. Du Bois uses many literary elements in this short story. For example, symbolism throughout the reading silence is mentioned, which symbolizes how everything is gone after the comet destruction. Everything and everyone is dead. Du Bois also uses imagery; he is very descriptive when describing locations the characters come across. For example, the underground of Broadway or the vault The way The Comet is written, including all sorts of literary elements and genre conventions, helps us, the reader, identify the themes in the story.