The ending of a story is extremely important. There are three types of endings that are significant; happy, unhappy, and indeterminate. Happy endings are when the protagonist solves their problems with either themselves or someone else. The story would usually end with a “happily ever after.” An unhappy ending is usually more about reality because in real life a happy ending is hard to find. Unhappy ending usually talks about the defeat of humans and their mistakes that they might have which would result in troublesome outcomes. Then the indeterminate endings come in play which don’t have a clear result or conclusion. The ending of a story usually determines whether the story is commercial or literary. A story with a happy ending will more
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They were happy when they got the twenty pounds because after a hard life in a difficult time their financial income has been relieved even if it was just by a little bit. However, after being robbed you might have thought that they would have been bitter about it but the father said that they lived without the money before and they would continue living without it; “I count it as nothing...Did I depend on it last week? Or is it greater than other things that went with the war?” (Achene 513). The father overcame the problem of being killed or molested buy complying to the demands that the thieves made even though they didn't have much; “To God who made me; if you come inside and find one hundred pounds, take it and shoot me and shoot my wife andchildren. I swear to God. The only money I have i this life is this twenty pounds egg-rasher they gave me today…” (Achebe 513). Although the family suffered terrible lose and they had an agonizing life and had lost a child, but they are grateful that the rest of them are okay; “He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessing- his head, his wife Maria’s head, and the head of three out of their four children” (Achebe 509) because at the end they were okay and …show more content…
It is literary because it talks about events that happen in real life although this one is one of the less gory ones. Robbing someone's place was something a lot of people did, especially after the Civil War because most of the people didn’t have money to buy food so they will starve which would lead them to rob other people. Most of the time when the thief is found they kill the witness, that is why this story is more toward the happy side. When someone robs someone else it is likely that they usually know who it is because that is they way they know that they at least have something, however this is not always the case. That is why they kill witness to save them from the embarrassment that they robbed someone they knew. Nevertheless, this story is happier than most robberies the thief got what they wanted and the family is safe and sound. This story is literary because of that same reason, after the Civil War there were more difficulties than usual. Work was harder to find and this caused money to become a sacred thing. It was even more difficult since the US was trying to rebuild
They were happy when they got the twenty pounds because after a hard life in a difficult time their financial income has been relieved even if it was just by a little bit. However, after being robbed you might have thought that they would have been bitter about it but the father said that they lived without the money before and they would continue living without it; “I count it as nothing...Did I depend on it last week? Or is it greater than other things that went with the war?” (Achene 513). The father overcame the problem of being killed or molested buy complying to the demands that the thieves made even though they didn't have much; “To God who made me; if you come inside and find one hundred pounds, take it and shoot me and shoot my wife andchildren. I swear to God. The only money I have i this life is this twenty pounds egg-rasher they gave me today…” (Achebe 513). Although the family suffered terrible lose and they had an agonizing life and had lost a child, but they are grateful that the rest of them are okay; “He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessing- his head, his wife Maria’s head, and the head of three out of their four children” (Achebe 509) because at the end they were okay and …show more content…
It is literary because it talks about events that happen in real life although this one is one of the less gory ones. Robbing someone's place was something a lot of people did, especially after the Civil War because most of the people didn’t have money to buy food so they will starve which would lead them to rob other people. Most of the time when the thief is found they kill the witness, that is why this story is more toward the happy side. When someone robs someone else it is likely that they usually know who it is because that is they way they know that they at least have something, however this is not always the case. That is why they kill witness to save them from the embarrassment that they robbed someone they knew. Nevertheless, this story is happier than most robberies the thief got what they wanted and the family is safe and sound. This story is literary because of that same reason, after the Civil War there were more difficulties than usual. Work was harder to find and this caused money to become a sacred thing. It was even more difficult since the US was trying to rebuild