I chose this particular story because the author provides hope in “Happy Endings,” establishing the faith that challenges can be overcome, love can last, fences can be rebuilt, and good can prevail. The main point of “Happy Endings” was for Margaret Atwood to help readers and other novelists understand the significance of the “how and why” conclusion is reached rather than what the conclusion itself is made up of because all stories end in death.
Once all of the story’s versions have been presented, a narrative view leaves to inform the reader that the ending of each version is the same, which is the true ending as follows: John and Mary will die. The tone, on the other hand, notes that the writer has more will to change in determining what to add in the beginnings and middles of stories. Is it more important to know how or why it happened because more how gives you a deeper understanding of why and more why gives you a deeper understanding of how.
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Hi Shakhrizoda! I also chose “Happy Endings,” and stated that Atwood wanted her readers to understand the significance of how and why the conclusion is reached rather than what the conclusion itself is made up of because all stories end in death. I believe that knowing why or how something happened is more important than knowing what happened because it can help you understand a situation better and prevent it from happening again. I liked how you said, “Is it more important to know how or why it happened because more how gives you a deeper understanding of why and more why gives you a deeper understanding of how” because I hadn’t considered it that way.