What the text says: this story talks about a person that is about to die and has 5 minutes left to live. The focus is on how he spends those 5 minutes and what he is thinking about in that time.
What the text does: the title tells us something about time but when you read it it’s not what you expect. The story had me thinking a lot and the fact that he speaks of the last five minutes of your life makes you think. How would you spend your last 5 minutes but more importantly how do we spend our current time and is it worth it?
What the text means: This story makes us think about our lives and how we spend our time. And one day when we are in a situation when we have very little time left how will we spend it? Have we lived fulfilled lives or will we die with regret and failure in mind? We should make the most of our time while we still can because one day we might be in a situation where we can’t spend our last moments with pleasure but instead be miserable.