In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)
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Metafiction and Happy Endings (Margaret Atwood) METAFICTION A. Definition: The narrator of a metafictional work will call attention to the writing process itself. The reader is never to forget that what she is reading is constructed--not natural‚ not " real." She is never to get "lost" in the story. B. Possible Contents: intruding to comment on writing involving his or herself with fictional characters directly addressing the reader openly questioning how narrative assumptions
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between the stories of "The Selfish Giant" and "The Happy Prince". The two main points is the giant being selfish and the happy prince being a helping hand to the poor society. These stories teach us realistic lessons in life‚ that selfishness and charity do not collide with each other. Oscar Wilde shows that consequences of the selfish giant and that you will get nowhere in life if you treat people only for your own benefit. The story of "The Happy Prince" argues the statements made in the selfish
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While reading “The Short & Happy Life of Francis Macomber‚” I focused on the question‚ what made his life short and happy. At first I took the interpretation of short and happy literally‚ translating too‚ living a short life (age) and happy meaning (wealth). After some thought though I realize that Hemingway meant something entirely different. Francis Macomber in the beginning of the short story is a “coward” causing his wife to loath him‚ and even the staff to judge and question his manhood. Finally
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ascribed to the inanimate. Igor Kopytoff (1986) defines this process in modern nations as a tension between culturally ascribed and individually determined value‚ which takes into account the degree to which something is unique. Returning to Marina’s Happy Meal toys helps to illuminate this process. Firstly‚ McDonald’s toys are mass produced from widely-available materials. Culturally‚ this detracts from their value‚ unless they are in some way flawed enough to be unique. Low social value is exactly
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Can money buy you happiness? Money would probably be on the top of everyone’s list of things they desire‚ along with other things that only money could buy‚ but does that mean that money will make you happy? Happiness cannot be found in inanimate objects such as a new car or a huge house if you have no one to share it with. Money can lead to lots of lovely things and great opportunities but it can induce greed in a person‚ it’s like most things if you have too much of it all you want is more. It
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tarnishes‚ candles burn out – but in my house‚ chocolate doesn’t hang around long enough to get old. OR Forget love‚ I’d rather fall in chocolate. Orientation Phase: Point: Today I will give you information about foods that can actually make you happy – at least in the short-term. Adaptation: I’m sure everyone in this room has had a bad day at the office‚ gotten into an argument with a loved one‚ had too much homework to do‚ or has just woken up on the wrong side of the bed. In that case‚ you
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Can money bring a happy life? It’s kind of ironic that many of us would never stop looking for more and more ways to make money believing that having plenty of it guarantees invariable happiness‚ lots of friends‚ comfortable life and very bright future- when there are millions out there whose lives ‚ families and future got helplessly ruined by none other than the same- money. Now we can see that everything has two sides and money‚ of course‚ has two sides- the good and the bad. When money
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"Obesity is Bliss" Hillel Schwartz‚ in his piece‚ "Fat and Happy?‚" asserts that society is responsible‚ rather than the actual weight of the people‚ for the unhappiness and depression of the obese. With this in mind‚ he depicts what the world would be like if everyone was fat‚ while fantasizing of a world in which obesity is embraced and celebrated. First‚ however‚ he must admit the difficult truth that obesity is unaccepted in our world today. Our society does not deal well with overweight people
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Happy Mardi Gras! It seems we’ve just finished planning and shopping and cooking and giving for Valentine’s Day and now another big food day descends upon us‚ that of Mardi Gras! Many people associate Mardi Gras with New Orleans Jazz bands‚ parade krewes‚ and overall hedonistic behavior. I’d say that’s about right. Shrove Tuesday‚ Pancake Tuesday‚ Fat Tuesday‚ (or in French‚ it’s Mardi Gras)‚ and Carnival. Whatever one calls it‚ it adds up to a day‚ for some‚ of pure debauchery. For most‚ it’s
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