The Body Count Garp Analysis

An epilogue is more than a body count. An epilogue, in the disguise of wrapping up the past, is really a way of warning us about the future". History often repeats itself. We can either let that happen, or we can use our prior experience to better our future. An epilogue isn't just a memoir of those past, it's a glimpse into what will be.

Garp lead us on a journey in which we acquired new perspectives on the lives of people which we may never have known in any other circumstance. It seems almost everyone has their own unique struggles to deal with, and one can never understand them without living them. They face persecution from family, peers, and the world around them. Some are beaten by it, others overcome it. Ironically, no matter how awful the struggles and hardships that people face, they always turn their hatred in the same way towards other people.
In regards to the "body count", GARP is murdered by a member of the Ellen Jamesians for a multitude of reasons.
A woman named Pooh, who is part of a cult like organization who idolizes Ellen James, kills Garp in cold blood. A life taken without
cause.

An epilogue, in the disguise of wrapping up the past, is really a way of warning us about the future. It leads us to reflect on the lives the characters lead, and to learn and from the mistakes that they made, and to use that knowledge to better your future.