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*In this issue... **Happy Ever After in Fiction*
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*Happy Ever After in Fiction*
by Bruce L. Cook
Most readers are terrified or distraught as a protagonist faces the
horrible forces of doom. However, in the back of an experienced
reader’s mind, there’s always the comfort that the good guy never
dies. After all, that would end the book early.
Going back in history, but not far, consider the cowboy movies in
which the good guy would always win. The victims would have a rope
around the neck and final rites pronounces just as – voila! – like
magic, the posse would ride in with true justice, and save the day.
There is a western movie where the posse comes too late. The victim
hangs before the words of justice arrive. Sadly, I cannot locate it. I
was think the title was “Affair at Attacreek Ridge” or something, but
Google and IMDB fail me on repeated searches.
When Clint Eastwwod starred in “For a Few Dollars Mare,” a false
telegram results in the posse leaving town, Then the bad guys rob the
bank. In his “A Fistful of Dollars,” a stranger escapes in a coffin.
However, Google does reward in the case of a 1993 western titles
“Posse!” Here the film goes back over a hundred years and does its
best to right the wrongs of a racially biased past.
Or it’s possible to think of an old favorite, “The French Lieutenant’s
Woman,” where the story ends in a way the reader would never choose.
Then a clock is wound back and the story ends happily. The reader can
choose the favorite ending.
There’s talk of humor being a process of teasing the audience by
leading to one expectation but ending with another. And the “other” in
this case should be something the audience should have expected.
In the case of fiction, maybe it’s time writers take advantage of a
“happy endings” expectation regarding the protagonist. Then, with a
nod to a violent era, let the protagonist be the victim for a change.
Bruce L. Cook
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Cristina Azcona in offering this collection of viewpoints on peace
making. She and I joined Ernest Kahan in 2014 to establish the
Worldwide Peace Organization in Argentina. Here we identify a
startling variety of facets on the crystal which represents peace.
Virtually everyone claims to want world peace. Only a few take
measures to promote it. Each writer who seeks peace suggests a unique
dimension. It's our hope that this volume will encourage students,
professors, and peacemakers to consider this comprehensive look at ten
strategy perspectives which, if taken seriously in private and public
life, might lead to our shared objective - worldwide peace in our
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Citizenship * Family Relations * Role of Women * Education * Medical
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