In Federico Garcia Lorca's poem, The City That Does Not Sleep, there are very important images and realistic ideas that are instilled in the reader. The question is the meaning of life, one that is shrouded in dreams and countless deaths. Garcia Lorca expresses this idea through his use of surrealism to impose a paradoxical idea on the reader. In a sense, our existence is only a perception of our mind and there is no reality that we truly believe in. The title of the author's poem gives off a sense of uneasiness and pushes the reader to dig deeper to find the real truth. Sense. A city that doesn't sleep is the same as the one during the day. People and society as a whole do not change their idea of ​​reality and what it means to live. Garcia Lorca uses images to set his definition of life in the eyes of others. Iguanas will come and attack people who no longer dream. This example from the poem is closely related to nature in the use of animals. It is also a representation of death and the inevitable end for all humans eventually. Those who stop dreaming are those who are dead. After that, the cycle of life will continue, life, death and afterlife. Reincarnation is another idea that comes to mind from the poem. The cycle of life is intricate and intertwined, linked to what can be seen in nature. Life is full of obstacles that people must overcome to continue. Garcia Lorca uses intense images such as the one in which we observe preserved butterflies coming back to life and where the mummified hand of a boy lies. His use of surreal events helps the reader understand Lorca's emphasis on brutality and disgusting outlook on life. The struggle in life to survive is an important component in... middle of paper... you die in life and return after death. This leads to an endless fear of death for all humanity. These ideas can be summarized as the monotonous and hopeless world that humans live in, without clear meaning. The final line of Lorca's poem is when he states, “No one sleeps. But if someone grows too much moss on his temples during the night, open the trap doors of the stage, so he can see in the moonlight the lying cups, and the poison, and the skull of the theaters. The meaning of Lorca's life shifts to another idea in his last words. He wanted to make the reader see theater as society and life. If a person gets tired of living, the true meaning of life will be revealed to him. Since no one sleeps, if one were to try to open the doors of life, one would only find that life is meaningless and banal. A nightmare would clearly be what life should be.