I chose Endings by Leon Prochnik because it looked interesting to me and I always wondered how some of these famous people died. I expect to use the information that I gained from the book to further my knowledge of famous people and to know some information for future research papers and what not. .
Sigmund Freud lived a very painful life. He did not care for drugs to take away pain. He was stricken with cancer at the age of sixteen. Through out his entire life he suffered until September 23, 1939 at about midnight. He died while taking his first dose of morphine, slipped into a deep sleep, and never woke up. .
Harry Houdini lived a magical life; he spent day and night throwing magic trick after trick at audiences everywhere. He lived as normal a life a famous magician could live, until one night. The night of his final performance his body decided to go bad, he started to suffer from appendicitis. He collapsed onto the floor in his dressing room with no chair or cot to fall to. He refused to go to the hospital, or get medical attention. He went onto the stage and performed as if it were any other night, only his assistants knew of his severe condition. After the curtains closed for the last time, he collapsed to the floor and then later died from a low immune system, which made him catch acute streptococcus peritonitis.
Isadora Duncan was the mother of modern dance. She is a very big inspiration to me and many other dancers across t he world. She loved to improve with scarves and she danced with her emotions instead of dancing to form and perfection. One day driving in an open Bugatti, she was offered a leather jacket and refused it, not knowing that the leather jacket was a matter of her living or dying. She then threw a shawl around her neck. The shawl that she had put on was then caught by the spokes of the car then yanked her neck so fast it snapped her neck instantly and then smashed her nose on the door, thus killing her.
Endings In A Play A play's ending is one of the key elements which produce feelings about the play. ... In the play "The Glass Menagerie", I found the ending to be inappropriate. ... In the play "A Raisin In The Sun", I found the ending to be appropriate. ... In the play "A Doll's House", I found the ending to be appropriate. ... That is why I believe that a play's ending is important. ...
The ending of a story, whether it is an anticipated or a surprise ending, is a crucial point in any story because it gives a final thought to a particular aspect in a story. ... It has been suggested by Clark Blaise in his work "On Ending Stories", that "most endings arise in the act or writing," and that the writer does not have any intentions for the ending of his or her story. ... What is not as common and more likely to be planned, are surprise endings where the reader is led to believe an anticipated ending and then is surprised when the ending is not at all what they thought. A good exam...
Many who read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn find the ending to be the weakest part of the novel. ... The ending of the novel may be coincidental, but it is definitely not the only part that is. If you are going to criticize the ending because of this, you might as well condemn the whole book. ... However, I very much enjoyed the ending and thought that it was fitting for the book. It may not be a perfect ending, but it is definitely not a bad one....
Shirley Jackson approaches the readers by a peaceful setting to a shock ending, where the winner's prize of the "lottery" is death by stoning. ... First of all, the cheerful setting that Shirley Jackson establishes in "The Lottery" indeed leads the reader to an incredibly surprise ending. ... This ending of "The Lottery" totally contradicts the smooth and careful setting that Jackson creates at the beginning of the story. ... Overall, all these reasons certainly prove that the ending of this story, "The Lottery" is terribly awful. ...
This story is a continuous evaluation of Victorian society up until the ending. ... The printed ending is much different from the original. ... This ending does not go well with the story. ... The original ending is therefore more appropriate to the novel. ... The printed ending has a different meaning. ...
The Dynamic Ending Film critics everywhere are arguing on whether the ending of The Crucible by Arthur Miller should be left like the original play. ... There are many supportive points backing up the altered ending that Arthur Miller did not display in the play. The tragic ending brings to life the point of injustice Miller was trying to convey. ... Arthur Miller uses the theme of reputation throughout the play and with the film ending it brings to a close this idea. ... The stunning ending in the film helps the viewers understand that he goes through with his decision. ...
In different versions of the ending of Elie Wiesel's memoir entitled 'Night', some of these feelings can be observed and detected. In the published English translation of 'Night', the ending presents the author's reflection on his personal experience and self. This ending seems to be associated more with a feeling of sadness. ... When Wiesel wrote this ending, he did not still identify to this corpse, this dead version of him. ... In conclusion, the ending present in the preface expresses Elie Wiesel's concerned feeling about the memory of the Holocaust, wh...
Endings play a very important role in reinforcing or challenging certain values depicted in a text. ... The ending challenges most of the ideologies which are presented in the text and reflect Allende's own personal values and attitudes. ... Allende's support of Marxist ideologies shows her belief that it is not the way society should function and challenges the idea through the ending of the novel. ... Huberto's inability to depart from society's expectations results in his rejection by Eva, thus denying him the happy ending normally expected of a macho male. Endings...
The ending of "The Things They Carried" finishes off the duration of the novel, with stories that concentrate on death along with the role of stories and memories in managing the burden of death on a person's conscience. ... The ending of the novel seems to accentuate this confusion as more stories dealing with the heavy topic of death are introduced and the importance of O'Brien's writing of his experiences is more defined. ... Overall, the ending increased my understanding of Tim as a person and how he coped with the deaths of people he was close to, but decreased my underst...
Because of this it is not surprising that authors often use surprise endings, not only to validate the point of the story, but also as a way to get the readers to re-think the story once they have completed it. ... "The Lottery" is another excellent example of the effectiveness of surprise endings. ... What makes this ending even more appalling is the sad reality that stoning is something that still exists in different parts of the world. ...
