Death And Plots In Margaret Atwood's 'Happy Endings'
Death and Plots
Morgan E. Collier
Professor Melinda Hernandez
ENGL1302.20150120.428724
January 30, 2015
Morgan E. Collier
Professor Melinda Hernandez
ENGL1302.20150120.428724
January 30, 2015 Death and Plots
Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” is sly, sophisticated, and delightful. With a coy ease that feels so natural, she threads her story along, revealing her characters, drawing the audience into something that isn’t at all what it appears. Slowly yet intensely, she reveals the principal of plot development that she is trying to deliver to her audience.
Atwood begins with just fifteen puzzling words. She breaks the rules of conventional writing by using only three sentences for the paragraph, and addresses the reader directly “If you want a happy ending, try A.” …show more content…
“Worthwhile and remunerative,” “stimulating and challenging,” Atwood’s choice for words is so descriptive, and yet they sound so dull. John and Mary, the main characters, fall in love at first. There is no mention of them loving each other ecstatically throughout their lives together, or of them loving each other with abandon, or even dying in each other’s loving arms. They fall in love, yet a “challenging sex life” is not something most people would associate with being in love; an exciting or satisfying sex life would be more like it. There is very little character exposition or plot development in choice "A." It feels as though a trap is being set, yet the purpose or when it will spring closed remains
Morgan E. Collier
Professor Melinda Hernandez
ENGL1302.20150120.428724
January 30, 2015
Morgan E. Collier
Professor Melinda Hernandez
ENGL1302.20150120.428724
January 30, 2015 Death and Plots
Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” is sly, sophisticated, and delightful. With a coy ease that feels so natural, she threads her story along, revealing her characters, drawing the audience into something that isn’t at all what it appears. Slowly yet intensely, she reveals the principal of plot development that she is trying to deliver to her audience.
Atwood begins with just fifteen puzzling words. She breaks the rules of conventional writing by using only three sentences for the paragraph, and addresses the reader directly “If you want a happy ending, try A.” …show more content…
“Worthwhile and remunerative,” “stimulating and challenging,” Atwood’s choice for words is so descriptive, and yet they sound so dull. John and Mary, the main characters, fall in love at first. There is no mention of them loving each other ecstatically throughout their lives together, or of them loving each other with abandon, or even dying in each other’s loving arms. They fall in love, yet a “challenging sex life” is not something most people would associate with being in love; an exciting or satisfying sex life would be more like it. There is very little character exposition or plot development in choice "A." It feels as though a trap is being set, yet the purpose or when it will spring closed remains