tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post4511388450034891695..comments2023-08-10T03:35:55.682-07:00Comments on The Prosers: When do sad endings work?Sheena Boekweghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-46738622989911137532012-09-03T09:46:01.907-07:002012-09-03T09:46:01.907-07:00Bridge to Terabithia. Cute book made brilliant by ...Bridge to Terabithia. Cute book made brilliant by a sad ending. <br /><br />I think sad endings obviously don't always work, but when they do, they become favorites.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-42221396939360586892012-08-31T08:59:14.186-07:002012-08-31T08:59:14.186-07:00Excellent point, MaryAnn. And I think that Steinbe...Excellent point, MaryAnn. And I think that Steinbeck's novels work particularly well now as a portrait of an era. I think Cannery Row suceeds in that way as well. It's rather thin on plot but amazing on scenery and character (and much less depressing). I think Of Mice and Men is definitely one of the saddest books ever; I cried harder at the movie version in particular than I have at almost any other (cried pretty hard at the Joy Luck Club too).<br /><br />I've never read A Streetcar Named Desire. Seems like a good thing to add to my classics reading list.<br /><br />And did you guys see that they're making movies of both Anna Karenina and Great Gatsby? Several nice, depressing films for the year to come!Sabrina Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218305456791199409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-686119238092540812012-08-31T08:55:08.460-07:002012-08-31T08:55:08.460-07:00Ah, yes, The Grapes of Wrath. I forgot about that ...Ah, yes, The Grapes of Wrath. I forgot about that one - I think I rather blocked it from my memory. I read Anna Karenina a few years back; I thought that particular ending was really well done, even though I usually dislike that particular sort of ending (being deliberately vague).Sabrina Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218305456791199409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-82222379765853207072012-08-31T07:50:18.494-07:002012-08-31T07:50:18.494-07:00Great Post Sabrina!
I like sad endings when I fee...Great Post Sabrina!<br /><br />I like sad endings when I feel they have a point. If I'm going to suffer that heartache, it better not be for nothing. A few of my favorite sad endings that spring to mind are Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Great Gatsby, The Crucible, and A Streetcar Named Desire. All of them have really powerful and brilliant endings that are depressing. MaryAnn Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618345950149423623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-81213354032964761952012-08-31T04:46:07.451-07:002012-08-31T04:46:07.451-07:00Anna Karinina. It's been a while, so I might b...Anna Karinina. It's been a while, so I might be remembering it wrong, but it seems like Tolstoy ended the story sadly, and then added a more hopeful chapter at the end. But what sticks with me is the utter bleakness.<br /><br />The Grapes of Wrath. I read The Grapes of Wrath as a teenager, and it changed me. Before then, I'd thought there was no situation so bleak that you couldn't rise out of it with a little bit of elbow grease. The Grapes of Wrath taught me that there are some situations so dreadful that there is no way to get out of them without someone else's kindness.Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.com