tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889292397078513721.post2470047336240260048..comments2021-08-05T23:21:24.530-07:00Comments on Sigal's Lil' Corner of Joy: Happily Ever After, The EndSigal Tzoorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07038919297046400912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889292397078513721.post-56758477179646902282012-10-28T21:22:14.374-07:002012-10-28T21:22:14.374-07:00You know Susan, as I read your comment, I immediat...You know Susan, as I read your comment, I immediately thought of Superstitions. In a way, to me, the ending of your novel is a perfect example to what I mean when I say that I have completely different tastes as a writer and as a reader.<br /><br />As a writer I think the ending of Superstitions is true to the character's growth throughout the novel, to where she finds herself at the end. As a reader, can I confess that I did wish for her the happiest ending possible?<br /><br />I like the idea of a novel being just a peek into a character's life, and that other stories continue it until perpetuity. Like in Gone with the Wind: tomorrow is a new day, and there's always the hope that Scarlet was successful in getting Rhett back.Sigal Tzoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038919297046400912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889292397078513721.post-73486927401736633312012-10-28T21:16:27.183-07:002012-10-28T21:16:27.183-07:00I'm so with you in loving books that end well ...I'm so with you in loving books that end well and remembering forever the ones that don't. That's partly the reason why I don't like sad/violent books. There's so much of it in real life. I want to enjoy books. I want a break from the real world.<br /><br />I think the ending in the Giver is by your own interpretation. Do they die on the snowy hill and it's their memories that make death seem like rescue? Or do they actually find that sled and slide down to safety in the houses below where people are celebrating Christmas? I think Lois Lowry leaves it for us to decide. And I guess, in a way, though I'd very much like the happy ending, I don't quite believe in it. For me, at least, in a weird way, it is not real enough.Sigal Tzoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038919297046400912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889292397078513721.post-29583154590684160062012-10-11T10:02:39.237-07:002012-10-11T10:02:39.237-07:00Hi Sigal,
I really like this post. I typically lik...Hi Sigal,<br />I really like this post. I typically like a happy ending, but not when it comes as a detriment to the growth of the main character. <br />I think so many of us gravitate toward happily-ever-afters because reading offers us a form of escapism from reality. We get enough of that in our daily lives and through the news. Susan Oloierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311938400999953443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889292397078513721.post-65605474796711341632012-10-09T13:50:03.962-07:002012-10-09T13:50:03.962-07:00Hi Sigal, In a past life I gave speeches pooh pooh...Hi Sigal, In a past life I gave speeches pooh poohing the need for a prince to rescue a princess. Stand on your own two feet. Be smart, successful, fulfilled. If love comes to you, great, but to live one's life waiting for prince charming, no no no. That said, I won't watch a movie that I know has a sad ending. (I was tricked by Message in a Bottle; I was satisfied by the Notebook, for example.) If the dog dies in the end, it's not a good ending to me. If the master dies, then the dog is broken-hearted. Also not a good ending. As for books, I've read so many -- still the tragedies stick with me. Why couldn't she have Mr. Right? Why not let the heroine have her true love? The books that make you think are the ones like life, which isn't all neatly wrapped up. I hope it will be all good in the end, but for now, we make our own beginnings and let time sort them out. I like happy endings, because so much of life isn't like that. I love books where the hero/heroine triumphs over incredible odds or surmounts insurmountable obstacles to achieve their goals. But whether they find true love--I don't care all that much (though a little romance is nice.) Finding a true friend, saving the world, or the rainforest or the animals, that's all good. I like middle grade more than YA stories because I don't want to be grossed out, kill too many or suffer too much. Oh, in The Giver, I remembered a happy ending, did you?penelope anne colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087853387860094995noreply@blogger.com