A question about the endings of JCO's short stories
short stories lover
Maybe someone can explain why the endings in many of her short stories seem to be unconnected to the story? For example, in “Tick” the author masterfully builds up the tension and I was in great suspense, impatient to find out how the protagonist would solve her problem. The ending was a big letdown
.I hope one of the posters can shed some light on this.
!Thanks
Bill Coyle
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:37:23 -0700
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Maybe someone can explain why the endings in many of her short stories seem to be unconnected to the story? For example, in “Tick” the author masterfully builds up the tension and I was in great suspense, impatient to find out how the protagonist would solve her problem. The ending was a big letdown
.I hope one of the posters can shed some light on this.
!Thanks
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monica galun
Hi Bill,
“Tick” appears in The Assignation short story collection (1988).
Michaelangelo Rodriguez
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:26:27
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Hi! Don't forget writer's have artistic freedom and can choose their own endings. If writers have to choose an ending to satisfy individuals then there would be a lot of endings! Michaelangelo
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 3:37 PM, short stories lover <melo...@netvision.net.il <mailto:melo...@netvision.net.il> > wrote:
Maybe someone can explain why the endings in many of her short stories seem to be unconnected to the story? For example, in "Tick" the author masterfully builds up the tension and I was in great suspense, impatient to find out how the protagonist would solve her problem. The ending was a big letdown
.I hope one of the posters can shed some light on this.
!Thanks
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Max Alberts
| What? While I haven't read "Tick" I have read many of her other stories and have never once come across one which didn't follow its own organic law. Could you please explain your comment on the ending not matching the story????? Thank you. --- On Sun, 4/22/12, Gordon Pryce <g.p...@hotmail.com> wrote: |
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That fantasy ends when she realizes that she needs help and, as the phone rings again, she is ready to accept her need for him. Given her isolation earlier in the story, it most likely is her husband calling.
Suddenly, perhaps in another fantasy, for who knows what her husband will say: she wants to be rescued, and loved, and part of a family--with a child on the way.
I find that this story follows "its own organic law" (to quote Max) with the woman acting consistently, according to her character. What do you think?
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