“Happy Endings” suggests that what matters in writing is not the end‚ but the middle‚ where all the content is formed. This theme represents life‚ showing that the part of life that really matters is what one does in between birth and death. This theme is carried through each of the scenarios the author gives. Every true ending to a story is that the character dies. It is the same in life. The portion that separates the scenarios is what happens in the middle. No matter what a person does in their
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Happy Endings Based on my knowledge‚ nearly 95% people prefer a happy ending for a story or a movie‚ but in the reality a percentage of people have a happy ending with their life‚ marriage‚ school‚ work is much lower than that. That is reason why people keep prefer a happy ending for things that they read‚ watch or work on. On the story “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood‚ She shows me a difference scenario that life of a couple can happen. It could very good like in the scenario A or very bad like
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Department of English Language and Literature BRITISH LITERATURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY An unconvincing twist or necessary completion of the book’s moral integrity? Discuss the ending of A Clockwork Orange. TWENTY-ONE? Richard Borovička 2nd year – Aj-Pg Summer semester 2009 Are we to discuss to what extent the ending of A Clockwork Orange is convincing‚ at least three levels of viewpoint should be taken into consideration. The author’s intention in terms of the effect that the last chapter
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In the story of Romeo and Juliet‚ the ending was the couple killing themselves because of misfortune‚ bad timing and confusion. If I could create an alternate ending this is what it would be like: When Romeo was informed that Juliet had arrived‚ instead of going crazy‚ he went straight to the Friar. While there‚ he asked what was happening and the Friar explains that he has put Juliet to sleep. Then the three of them head to her tomb to find Paris there. The Friar tells the whole story of Romeo
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It could be the beginning or the end W.W. Jacobs and Louis N. Parker’s The Monkey’s Paw is a short story about A family named the white’s which consist of a mother‚ a father‚ and a son. The White’s stumble upon a dry monkey’s paw. The paw grants the holder 3 wishes ‚ their first wish was made by Mr. White wished for two-hundred pounds to pay off their house. The next day Mr. And Mrs. White were waiting for their son who was late that morning coming from work‚ instead A Mr. Sampson showed up to their
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PARTLY CLOUDY ALTERNATE ENDING By: Kayla and Corinne Nimbus made a porcupine and the stork delivered it. When the stork returned Nimbus made a shark. The stork refused to deliver the shark and left Nimbus all alone. Nimbus sighed as he saw stork fly away. “Did I do something wrong?” he asked himself. He sadly continued to make more dangerous creatures because
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In Margaret Atwood’s short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” she explains that no matter what kind of story someone has‚ death is something that everyone has in common. Atwood states “So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun.” She means that the end does not matter because eventually everyone will die‚ the beginning is the important part of a story. Atwood says that the beginnings of a story are more fun because that is where all the details are. The beginning can happen however it wants to‚ but
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I understood it very well. And I知 not referring to theories about how it blends and doubles back‚ or may exist elsewhere in parallel versions. No‚ I mean ordinary‚ everyday time‚ which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly.Then Sense of an Ending (p. 10) This quote here summarizes the views that Tony Webster has on time. The everyday time that passes. It represents the rapid pace at which the novel moves and shows the lack of representation that this everyday time actually has; the simple
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Alternate Ending to Ethan Frome Ethan and Mattie were riding down the hill‚ the Big Elm was coming up quickly. Mattie was ready for death‚ she hoped they would succeed. Ethan on the other hand‚ felt as if he was in slow motion. He remembered everything he and Mattie had done together. He decided‚ he would rather have death than not be with Mattie. Mattie called out to Ethan‚ “Are you ready Ethan?” “I’m ready Matt”‚ Ethan replied. Then‚ they hit. Mattie and Ethan were killed on impact‚ without a
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heard the old montage “Show‚ don’t tell” so many times that it’s become stale–and what does it mean‚ anyway? It’s an easy phrase to utter‚ but how do you achieve resonant‚ meaningful description that will make your words come alive? Well‚ In “Storm Ending” and “Cut” poems‚ both of those writers use imagery to convey their message and we see the words come to life.
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