Analysis of alternate ending to story
Not what you're looking for?
Reflect on the new ending you created for "Pagan Night." For example, you may claim that changing character, symbolism, and setting also changed one theme. In the body of your essay, make sure to tell us what that theme is! This is an example of framing your argument with three causes and one effect. OR you may claim that changing character affected plot, setting, and theme. This is an example of framing your argument with one cause and three effects.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
Kate Braverman's short story Pagan Night has an alternate ending, which is analyzed for plot, theme and setting according to the character change that makes up the alternate ending.
Solution Preview
The alternate ending you wrote for Pagan Night, where you very satisfactorily killed off Dalton, affected at least three of the story's conflicts, or themes. The first theme was that Sunny was a camp follower of Dalton's. His death (suicide, in effect) by heroin overdose freed her from her obligations to Dalton, and Dalton's wishes, whether those obligations were imposed by him, or imposed by Sunny upon herself. His death freed her to make her own decisions. You indicated her release from his demands by her callous dumping and abandonment of his dead body - her refusal to think of the thing that Dalton had become as the Dalton that she knew. Note that you made Dalton's death in no way Sunny's fault. Dalton was entirely and completely responsible for his own demise. That is the good part about being the author of the new ending. This theme, of Sunny's release from Dalton's wishes, allowed her to make the ...
Education
- BFA, University of Georgia
- BSEd, University of Georgia
- MED, University of Georgia
- EDd (IP), Northcentral University
Recent Feedback
- "I love it."
- "Thank you good start in right direction "
- "Thank you so much. Beautiful "
- "Thank you so much"
- "Thank you for the great notes on ELLS. "
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Outsiders Chapter 1 Quiz
A quiz that checks the knowledge students have from the first chapter of the novel "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton
Chapters 1 and 2 - Current Issues and Enduring Questions
This quiz addresses the main themes present in a handful of the essays (specifically including "He Saves All His Critical Thinking for My Behavior", "The Florida Case", "Driver’s Licenses and Dropouts", "Military Women in Combat: Why Making It Official Matters", "A First Amendment Junkie", "Executions Should Be Televised", and "Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should be Revised") that are frequently assigned to English 102 students.
Macbeth Comprehension Act Three
Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the third Act of this famous Shakespeare play.
The Hero's Journey
This quiz will test your knowledge over what the hero's journey is and some examples from literature and the performing arts.
The Lie Factor – Finding Truth in Graphs, Graphics and Writing
In order for a piece of writing to be valid, its information must be factual. This belief translates into its graphics as well. “Academic Research and Writing”, by Linda Bergmann, presents information detailing how and why it is important for graphics to display honest information. It additionally provides methodologies that readers can use to decipher truth in graphs, graphics and writing, and create their own. This quiz tests students on this information.