Happy Ending Essay

growing fast food chains in the world. According to their website, they operate over 36,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries (McDonalds para 1). The company released an ad in Malaysia titled “Happy Family, Happy Me.” The ad depicts a joyous family eating in a McDonalds restaurant. A happy meal box and a Big Mac box are staged on the table as a young girl gleefully feeds her father a French fry and her mother looks on with a smile. A subscript of the ad even reads, “Keeping everyone in

The writing style of Ambrose Bierce can essentially be depicted as bitter. His stories include the 1891 story “Chickamauga”, the 1891 story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and the adapted “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Twilight Zone film in 1964. Both stories had some kind of incongruity or plot twist that made his stories fascinating. Occasions throughout his life molded his view on the world. This perspective reaches out into his written work when he takes a gander at the sharp side of

The Short Endings Having read many short stories in the past helps you assume the endings of some stories, before reaching the end. Some endings are surprising, which makes you want more, while others seem to be boring. Some endings don’t satisfy the readers and keeps them hanging, or guessing. Endings in stories are very important; they could make a book or break it. Two short stories that I have read recently where there is an ending twist are, “After Twenty Years” and “A Sound of Thunder.”

Jagged facial scars, disgusting yellow teeth, big bug eyes and drool dripping from his mouth, were the rumors that were spread about a man that will later show his true self to the Finch children, as a kind and caring person. The small town of Maycomb, located in Alabama, is a town where everybody knows everybody business. It is a place where rumors are guaranteed to go around, rumors about a man named Arthur Radley. Arthur “Boo” Radley is not how everyone perceived him to be in Harper Lee’s To Kill

are much more noticeable than the others. This movie has a really high replay value because, you always notice something new in regards to symbolism. Also the other view points that you can see the story after knowing what happens in the dramatic ending. The many uses

Surprise Ending A surprise ending gets defines as a twist in a story near or at the end of a story that causes one to the evaluation of the motive and characters by the audience. Surprise endings are also known a plot twist. Writers and television programs directors use the style as the way of arousing curiosity in the reader or television audience. The use of false main characters in a film that is later killed off in movie is a good example of a surprise ending (Phelan, 2013). I am going to examine

Dramatic tension is a figurative device an author would use to add tension to conflict between characters. In Arthur Miller’s play, All My Sons, dramatic tension is created by using theoretical devices and language, utilizing conflicting character personalities, dramatic irony, and character development, to exhibit dramatic tension in order to keep the audience engaged in the play. ACT 1 At the beginning of Act One, when Keller gives the audience first impressions of characters, the audience begins

Foreshadowing in a story is very hard to include without making the next event too obvious. In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” Roald Dahl uses elements of suspense to engage the readers to keep reading to see what happens next( THESIS). The author frequently uses dramatic irony, plot twist and foreshadowing to create a story that is both creepy and mysterious. Including irony/ dramatic irony is one way Roald Dahl created the element of suspense in his story. Dramatic irony relies on having the

Imagine having no option other than breaking your government laws to survive. In the new society, Republic of Gilead, Offred is ultimately trying to survive with the new laws that were implemented. In the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood which conveys the quest for survival leads to breaking laws. It’s shown through the tone of Offred, foreshadowing Offred and her daughter attempted escape, and plot twist of Serena Joy. In the novel, Offred is considered a trustworthy person

Sharing the Unusual In general, movies and novels have many similarities and differences because of the type of work they are; however, sometimes they share the unusual. Donnie Darko and Kafka on the Shore are two famous works which have both received numerous awards and have been highly ranked. Donnie Darko, a movie released in 2001 was awarded with the Silver Scream award, the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance by the principle main character, and Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor