significance of endings in three narrative texts you have studied When writing a novel‚ the ending is most important. It is what ties everything together and helps the reader to understand what has happened throughout the story completely. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti have endings which are made significant through their resolutions. Coleridge and Fitzgerald have created stories which conclude
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Atwood’s ‘‘Happy Endings’’ first appeared in the 1983 Canadian collection‚ Murder in the Dark‚ and it was published in 1994 for American audiences in Good Bones and Simple Murders. Subtitled ‘‘Short Fiction and Prose Poems‚’’ Murder in the Dark featured four types of works: autobiographical sketches‚ travel notes‚ experimental pieces addressing the nature of writing‚ and short pieces dealing with typical Atwood themes‚ notably the relationship between the sexes. ‘‘Happy Endings‚’’ which is essentially
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Metafiction and Happy Endings (Margaret Atwood) METAFICTION A. Definition: The narrator of a metafictional work will call attention to the writing process itself. The reader is never to forget that what she is reading is constructed--not natural‚ not " real." She is never to get "lost" in the story. B. Possible Contents: intruding to comment on writing involving his or herself with fictional characters directly addressing the reader openly questioning how narrative assumptions
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” After locking the gate‚ Andrew asked‚ “Where do you want to go to first?” “Let’s drive along the river before we go to the Steakhouse‚” Margaret said with a hint of excitement in her voice. +++ Arriving at a turnoff for the river‚ Andrew drove a short distance before Margaret motioned for him to stop. Pointing to an area under a large oak tree‚ Margaret asked‚ “Could we park over there?” Driving over some potholes and an old rotted log‚ she asked him to stop and turn off the engine. Putting his
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The Necklace Alternative Ending The next morning‚ Mathilde awoke to see the Necklace lying on her bedside table. Immediately‚ all the wonderful memories of the previous evening came flooding back to her. What a marvelous experience it was‚ she thought‚ smiling with excitement. “Now the whole city of Paris will know who I am and love me‚” she grinned. And all over her fantastic success was all because of the small diamond Necklaces. But what she was forgetting was that the necklace was not hers‚ and
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Chapter 1: Pablo’s Comida Derrick threw his backpack over his shoulder and looked at his room for the last time. It wasn’t a nice room‚ it was small and cramped‚ and there were unremovable stains on every wall. The ceiling was a sickly white‚ his closet smelled like sweat‚ and his desk was slightly broken. Frankly‚ it was a horrible room‚ but that did not stop Derrick from feeling a deep attachment to it. His lips trembled slightly at the thought of never seeing it again. This was the room he grew
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In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)
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unstoppable. But‚ there was one it could not win against. Reo was the one who defeated it. Not without help though. As Reo and the demon battled with magic‚ Hezor attempted to stop him. Errlor leapt forward and knocked his brother back. The battle was short lived between them as well. Suddenly‚ Errlor prevailed when he stabbed Hezor in the back. Before his life faded he stabbed Errlor over and
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The brilliant green door was whipped open aggressively‚ milliseconds after my brown ash staff made contact with the circular door‚ erasing the secret mark that I had made present just the morning before. Bifur‚ Bofur‚ Bombur and Thorin tumbled in onto the mat like clumsy deer born for the first time‚ landing at the feet of the enflamed hobbit that now stood before us. Bilbo Baggins‚ great-grandson of Old Took looked more confused and stricken than a wet cat and apologies immediately started flowing
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Short Story Unit Plan By: Steve McCauley & Bruce Robinson Subject: English Unit: Short Story Theme: Irony Short Story Unit Contents: Short Story Unit Overview Lesson 1 – Elements of the Short Story Lesson 2 – Cask of Amontillado Lesson 3 – The Lottery Lesson 4 – A & P Lesson 5 – Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Lesson 6 – Short Story Workshop Lesson 7 – The Big Snit Lesson 8 – The Sniper Lesson 9 – The Fall of a City Lesson 10 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson 11 – Two Fishermen Lessons
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