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Storytelling in "Happy Endings" by M. Atwood
Summary: M. Bakhtin once said, "We are to our own lives what the authors are to the books they write." The best evidence of this statement can be found in the story "Happy Endings" written by Margaret Atwood. The author develops, in a very interesting and attractive way, the idea of living a life and writting the plot of the story. To find a good understanding of those concepts, it is impossible to skip the process of asking correct questions and getting answers. Atwood like no one else does it so skillfully through asking a reader just two simple questions: "what" and "how and why." It is really hard to disagree with the essential inevitability of those questions to the one, who is interested in finding correct answers on the how-to-live-a-life questions. Thus, the theme of the story is very simple: "A good plot or a good storytelling is a correct questioning and answering." This theme will be supported through the analysis of the plot, characterization, the point of view and the technique the author uses to develop her idea.
M. Bakhtin once said, "We are to our own lives what the authors are to the books they write (Bakhtin in Gallagher, 40)." It's really hard to disagree with this assertion. The best evidence of this statement can be found in the story "Happy Endings" written by Margaret Atwood. The author develops, in a very interesting and attractive way, the idea of living a life and writes a plot of the story. To find a good understanding of those concepts, it is impossible to skip the process of asking correct questions and, of course, getting answers. Margaret Atwood like no one else does it so skillfully through asking a reader just two simple questions: "what" and "how and why." It is really hard to disagree with the essential inevitability of those questions to the one, who is interested in finding correct answers on the how-to-live-a-life questions. Thus, the theme...
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