“Happy endings” by Margret Atwood
In the story “happy endings” by Margret Atwood, Atwood manages to keep a constant and consistent tone throughout the entire story. Her tone is very consistent in telling the story. This she manages to do with the use of flat characters, especially in the way that she satirically emphasizes on a specific element of the characters she develops in the story. The first characters Mary and John, for instance, are barely developed by Atwood we only learn about them from the simple details of their lives, which she make appear to be quiet happy and comfortable. However, the tone of the story does not change much as we proceed to the other section as we learn about other characters is remains entirely consistent. Atwood manages to gradually introduce the other characters using the same tone, which is entire of satire and not very varying, considering the lives of the characters through her description (Atwood, 4).
Through the different scenarios in the story, Atwood continues to use the same writing style which is based the element of dull and flat characters and tone which makes the readers want to read further to see if there is a more significant change in the sound. The ending, however, change my experience in the manner in such she finishes her story. Having maintained a consistent tone through the story, Atwood’s intended audience is people who have the more significant test for the same sound and those who have the ability to recollects hidden intention from the tone such as the one used in the story(Atwood, 5). The story ends in quite a blunt note, especially when she takes the emotional attachment trough death, which she says takes away everyone regardless of what the characters have in life.
Work cited
Atwood, Margaret. “Happy endings.” Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (1994): 279-81.