Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman" The play "Death of a Salesman" shows the final demise of Willy Loman‚ a sixty- year-old salesman in the America of the 1940’s‚ who has deluded himself all his life about being a big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda‚ who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear‚ out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life‚ but there are frequent "flashbacks" in which Willy relives key events
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In John Earl Basset’s Huckleberry Finn: The end lies in the beginning Basset‚ introduces various ideas in his writing regarding whether or not the ending of Huckleberry Finn is appropriate. Although‚ I do agree with a majority of his claims regarding the ending of Huckleberry Finn. However‚ I do not agree with a certain claim he introduces Basset states‚ “Huck’s performances‚ however‚ are individual he cannot‚ or does not‚ control or manipulate others” (Basset 92). This claim is far from being
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Happy Endings. Or Are They? Never have I read a short story quite like Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood. As a matter of fact‚ a good amount of my peers and I have become baffled on whether or not to even refer to it as a legitimate story. It is divided into four parts‚ each giving a very frank and emotionless set of love scenarios. She purely tells it like it is; simply fact-based and stoic without any sort of feeling whatsoever. One thing leads to another‚ and that is that. Overall‚ the language
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In her story Happy Endings‚ author Atwood speaks of various possible plots on what a happy ending is‚ almost like “what ifs?”‚ giving the reader a rush in each situation with a distinct “happy ending”. “Intended to ‘reveal the logic of traditional behavior and the many textures lying beneath ordinary life’” quotes the textbook. Causing the reader to wonder‚ “What is a ‘happy ending’?”. Everyone has a different interpretation of what a happy ending is and Atwood encourages her readers to explore their
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kiss through practice with another “fellow‚” so other man. Therefore‚ hinting at possible previous homosexual encounters. Even the ending of the story has an ironic meaning as Hemingway writes about Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and the “girl friend” they were living with‚ “In the evening they all sat at dinner together and “they were all quite happy” (Hemingway 88). The ending seems uplifting‚ but this is an example of the paradoxical meaning underneath what is said. There is nothing “happy” that is going
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An ending is the most crucial part of a book. Not only does it conclude the whole book‚ but it can also give the reader a whole new interpretation to what the book is about. ¡®The Lord of the Flies¡¯ by William Golding is a typical book that illustrates this point. Without the ending‚ the book would hardly amount to half of its true value. This is because the ending shows what the book is really about. If one does not read the last part of the book‚ one will not be able to see the crucial meaning
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Alternative ending Are you ready? ‘Said Ethan . Yes ‘Mattie replied with her soft and subtle voice. They where going to make passionate love while sleighing downhill. If they succeeded to finish they would leave to go to Florida and start over again. If they didn’t make it‚ they would crash on the elm tree and their fate would be in God’s hands. They started gaining speed but because Ethan wanted it to last he purposely slowed them down. Mattie was in ecstasy and wasn’t paying attention‚ since
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Predictable Endings Specific Purpose: To critique predictable endings to movies Central Idea: To critique by explaining what‚ peoples responses‚ and why people fall into the scheme of predictable movie endings. Organization Pattern: Topical INTRODUCTION I. Gain Attention: imagine yourself in a movie theater waiting for the most anticipated movie of the year to start and about 30 minutes in to the movie you already know what’s going to happen to each character and how the movie will
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3 other children‚ socks and spoons to play with. Also she went to play outside with another child‚ running around. 1:00pm Child ’A’ is playing indoors in the sand pit with 3 other children. She is using a spoon to fill up a sock. She is holding the spoon in her right hand and the sock in her left hand. She is carefully putting the sand into the sock. She is also interacting with the other children -’My sock is nearly full to top.’ This level of play would be referred to as co-operative‚ because
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Writing Activity #4 Rewrite the ending of the story. Anyway‚ I really did go home after the carrousel. First‚ Phoebe and I walked out of the park onto the east side‚ and took the bus to Grand Central‚ to get my goddam Gladstones out of the strong box there. pretty Though it had stopped pouring out‚ I was still wet. Boy‚ it really came down like a madman. I still had Phoebe’s red hunting hat on‚ it was soaking wet though. I didn’t care. All I could think about Phoebe. Just Phoebe. "I’m
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