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Happy Endings By Margaret Atwood
Happy Endings
May 8, 2013
In the short story Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood the author displays how plot can affect characterization, or the reader’s perceptions of characters, by showing several different scenarios using the same characters but different plot lines. For example, plot B, although it uses the same characters, creates very different perceptions of those characters than the ones created in plot A. In plot A, John and Mary appear to be in love, and they appear to be happy. The plot seems to indicate this; “John and Mary fall in love and get married. They both have worthwhile jobs which they find exciting and challenging. “They buy a charming house.” From the sequence of events revealed, we are led to believe that John and Mary
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