I chose “Happy endings’ ‘ by Margaret Atwood because it’s a story that’s relatable to almost all age groups, a mixture of second and third person omniscient narrative point of view. I chose this story because it conveys a different kind of message, a message that it is not the end point that matters in a relationship, but the process. I think the main point Atwood is making is any difficulty in achieving A, a happy death, is our struggle. And Atwood wants us to focus on how we overcome these challenges, because the end does not matter if we succeed.
Atwood makes a good argument but is it more important to to know how or why it happened than to know what happened. “Knowing” and “understanding” is two different things. Knowing is static and while understanding is active, describing the ability to analyze and place those facts in context to form a big picture. Without knowledge, understanding is impossible. Knowing ‘how & why” something happen can make you understand a situation better and know how to prevent it from happening again.
