I chose to analyze “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood. I was immediately drawn in by the title because I am a sucker for a happy ending. I love rom coms and sappy books and anything that might fall into a “happy ending” category. Then I read the story. I absolutely loved every part of it because it felt like real life. That saying “life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get” so, so true.
Margaret Atwood makes the argument that how and why things happen are more important that what actually happens. This frame of thinking reminds me of another saying I grew up with “it is about the journey, not the destination”. People sometimes focus so much on the next goal, the next week, the next year and don’t take the time to really enjoy all the little moments that bring you to that goal or make up that week or year. We get so wrapped up in life that we end up forgetting to live.
