Zero, where she reproaches him to have been working for twenty five years in the same office thou the rise he had always assured her. The second scene takes place in the office where Mr.. Zero works each day of his life. Daisy Diana Throated reads numbers and Mr.. Zero is in charge Of writing down them in a machine that contains a paper roller. The relationship between both of them seems to be tired. Mr.. Regrets not having left his wife for another woman; and Daisy expresses her anxiety for a love story. Then, Daisy remembers when some years ago they went for a picnic, Mrs..
Zero could not go and he behaved with her like a gentleman. However, he continues thinking in his matters and has he hunch of being risen today after twenty five years. When it is the time for leaving at home, the boss arrives and says Mr.. Zero that he is not needed anymore because new machines can do now his work. The next part of the play is situated in the dining room of Mr.. Zero’s house. Mr.. Zero arrives at home and sits down. Then, Mrs.. Zero says him that he has delayed one hour and they are going to have gets.
In an ironic tone, she begins to talk alone and says that probably he had had an important business to attend or maybe he has been raised. Afterward, Mr.. Zero and Mrs.. Zero’s friends come. They are ix couples clothed in the same way and their names are numbers. Suddenly, the bell rings again; Mr.. Zero knows that the police is looking for him and says his wife that he has killed his boss and has to go with the police. The fourth scene has place in a court of justice, where we can see Mr.. Zero and the jury box made up by the couples one, two, three, four, five and six. Mr..
Zero assures that he has killed his boss because after twenty five years of loyalty he had never faulted him. But, the jury declares him guilty. In the fifth scene we find Mr.. Zero in a cage eating a plate of eggs and jam. Immediately, a group of people come in directed by a man. The guide begins to explain them that the man in the cage is the North-American murderer who killed his boss. This is the last day of life and for that reason he is eating what he has asked for. After this, the man gives to the group some folders as a souvenir where there are images of this assassin.
When the group has left, Mrs.. Zero arrives there. This is the first time we see her to be nice with him. Mr.. Zero asks her for an album where there is news Of different papers about him. Both Of them begin to discuss about it and Mrs.. Zero goes away. At the end of the scene, two guards and a big man with an ax come in. Meanwhile, Mr.. Zero screams and asks for another chance. In the sixth scene we see a cemetery. There, there is Mr.. Zero’s grave, which it is opened. Another dead man, Shrill, welcomes him in his first night there, and offers him a cigarette as a way to shoo the flies away. Both men, Mr..
Zero and Shrill begin to talk about the reason why they are dead. The former says Mr.. Zero that this is not the end for them, because they are condemned to be surrounded by flames. In the penultimate scene of the playpen are placed to a beautiful landscape here there are flowers, trees, grass… Vetting seems perfect. Suddenly, when Mr.. Zero is there down a tree, is heard the voice of Daisy. She says him that she has been looking for him during several days after having left the gas opened carelessly. They remember good moments and in this moment we discover that both of them feel love for each other.
Daisy opens herself and recognizes that she killed herself since she did not want to leave without him. Then, when they kiss and fill really happy, Shrill comes and says the couple that they can stay there if they want with lazy and vague people. However, Mr.. Zero gets up really angry and claims that he is not going to live with people like that. Finally, in the last scene, We heard the sound of an adding machine. In the middle of a room Mr.. Zero is placed. Lieutenant Charles and Joe come in. One of them says Mr.. Zero to stop because it is the right moment to do it and come back to the earth.
But Mr.. Zero would like to stay there forever. They explain him that he has been in that same place several times; they fix him and return him to earth. Apparently there are two kinds of persons: those who come back to earth better; and those who come back worse. The roomer is the case of Mr.. Zero. From the very beginning he already had the mark of slavery, and there is nothing to prevent him from being a slave of society. After knowing all these, Mr.. Zero refuses from going back, but the two men cheat him and he finally goes where he belongs.
