Saturday, January 1, 2011

TEOGEROMITMM Part 2

   Helllooo everyone,
   I have officially finished this book, and believe it or not, I actually ENJOYED the ending. I think the thing with TEOGEROMITMM was that it was so dark, the ending seemed happy because it left so much to imagine. For example, I created this scenario after where the story left off:
    "The rabbit was the only light in Ruth's life, and he had finally gone out. So in the dead of night, she ran off with Chris Burns to the next town, laughing with the mad joy brought on by freedom. However, this triggered a seizure and being the idiot he was, Chris had no idea what to do. By dawn Ruth was dead and her boyfriend gone for fear of being found guilty of her death. Back at the house, Beatrice was furious. How dare her daughter run away and leave her with Tillie? In a fit of rage, she threw a frying pan across the room, hitting Nanny on the head and promptly killing her as well. Tillie of course came in to see what all the fuss was about, and Beatrice, deciding to blame the morning's events on her other daughter, came at Tillie with a knife. However, she tripped over Nanny's arm and went flying, falling on the knife and killing herself as well. "Oh my," said Tillie. Looking at the bodies though, she could find no tears willing to fall, at least for her mother. Nanny was an entirely different story. Two weeks later, both funerals were held, as well as Ruth's. And as she was walking back to her old house for after the burial, she couldn't help but think about the effects of gamma rays on one's own life..." THE END.
   I am aware that this isn't probably the ending, but after reading the book ending (which was pretty open-ended) I felt like Tillie needed a new start. After all, her life wasn't exactly a picnic.
Happy new year, everyone!

2 comments:

  1. I agree--I think the ending is quite hopeful, at least for Tilly. Kind of sad to see you kill everyone else off, but you have a point: it's hard to see how Tilly will succeed with all these people in her way . .

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  2. That's the way to end a story!! Very very well done. I so agree that Tillie needed to just be rid off everyone and when there is no better option just kill everyone to get it over with sooner :D

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