All stories have resolutions, but not all stories have endings. Endings are devices writers use to give a reader closure; some stories do not give this kind of absolute resolution to the reader. Many writers use a form of ending in which the reader must find their own resolution through the information gathered throughout the story. These kinds of endings, when done incorrectly, can leave the reader feeling cheated. but writers such as Frank Stockton, Liam O’Flaherty, or James Hurst, create an atmosphere of mystery and suspense, while still giving the reader the resolution that they crave. Many stories without proper endings do not have as fulfilling resolutions,
In “The Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank Stockton, The story makes the reader contemplate …show more content…
Even so, it provides the reader with no satisfying conclusion. It forces the reader to come up with the most logical course of action after the conclusion of the story. The resolution is nearly non-existent, because no matter what someone believes, it will not be true, or at least, true in the sense of how the writer meant it. The ending gives the reader no comfort in the fact that they know what the sniper did after finding his brother. Anything could have happened after the sniper found his brother dead, he could have been shot dead as soon as he realized what he had done, and no one can say for sure that he didn’t.
“The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, executed the ending in a way that is good and bad. In the final scene Doodle had been trying to catch up to his brother in the thunderstorm and when the narrator waited for Doodle and he was nowhere to be found, and when the narrator finally found him, he was presumably dead:
"Doodle!" I screamed above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain …show more content…
They all resolve in a way that makes it so that no matter what how long you try to figure out what happened next, you will never know for sure. Stories such as these will never be as fulfilling or gratifying as stories that allow the reader to have peace of mind in the fact that the story has ended. A story cannot be truly fulfilling to readers, if there is never an end to allow them to move on to the next story feeling that they learned something, and that they are better off for it, and not make them feel as though there is something that still remains
In “The Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank Stockton, The story makes the reader contemplate …show more content…
Even so, it provides the reader with no satisfying conclusion. It forces the reader to come up with the most logical course of action after the conclusion of the story. The resolution is nearly non-existent, because no matter what someone believes, it will not be true, or at least, true in the sense of how the writer meant it. The ending gives the reader no comfort in the fact that they know what the sniper did after finding his brother. Anything could have happened after the sniper found his brother dead, he could have been shot dead as soon as he realized what he had done, and no one can say for sure that he didn’t.
“The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, executed the ending in a way that is good and bad. In the final scene Doodle had been trying to catch up to his brother in the thunderstorm and when the narrator waited for Doodle and he was nowhere to be found, and when the narrator finally found him, he was presumably dead:
"Doodle!" I screamed above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain …show more content…
They all resolve in a way that makes it so that no matter what how long you try to figure out what happened next, you will never know for sure. Stories such as these will never be as fulfilling or gratifying as stories that allow the reader to have peace of mind in the fact that the story has ended. A story cannot be truly fulfilling to readers, if there is never an end to allow them to move on to the next story feeling that they learned something, and that they are better off for it, and not make them feel as though there is something that still remains