I really liked the ending to Toni Morrison's
Paradise,
because it was at the beginning, and then you had the rest of the novel to find out how they got to that point and reinterpret the opening sentence and chapter. Margaret Atwood's
the Blind Assassin
was similarly structured.
And I remember a similar discussion about Conrad's
Heart of Darkness
in my 12th grade english class, about the last sentence specifically, which my teacher claimed to be one of the most perfectly constructed sentences in literature.
I hated
Return to Oz.
Not that this will surprise anyone.
I hated Return to Oz.
If I gave you a pack of cigarettes right now, you'd sit down and watch it and it'd be your favorite movie ever.
You are so
mean!!!!
May JZ's hair grow to her waist and never get cut ever ever ever!
I loved the visuals of Return To Oz, HATED the psychology.
May JZ's hair grow to her waist and never get cut ever ever ever!
Heh.
imagines Aimee as Tantalus with a lit cigarette always just...barely...out of reach of her reaching lips...
imagines Hec as Nick Aroyo with scissors that just.....won't....cut....
Return to Oz
freaked my shit out when I was 12. I haven't seen it since.
But I did meet the guy who wrote the screenplay a month ago.
I am trying to think of bad endings to books, and mostly coming up with bad books. Perhaps a sign, no?
I have to say my scenario is more likely since
you're actively trying to quit smoking
and JZ is liking her short hair (its good for retro girl styling).
