When I first read this story I didn't know if I was supposed to go on and read option B and option C and all. All the beginning said was for a happy ending read option A so I did and things ended well. Life was lived blissfully and then the people died and that is the way life is for all of us. Some have more of a happy life then others but over all we all have a good life. But then I chose to read the rest of the options and realized that the author had thought of other endings to the story that actually played off of option A. But interestingly enough every option was just about the in between time of when the couple got together and when they died. So all she was adjusting was the in between of their lives together which was interesting to look at life in scenarios like that.
As I read each option they got a little more obscene with each one and I began to ask what her point was to writing such a story like this. But when I was done reading everything I realized that what she had written wasn't far from what our reality is that we live in today. Our society gasps when they first hear of stories like this but then people begin to think about the situation and say it's not that surprising that things turned out that way; which is very sad and says a lot about our society. People don't see commitment as something sacred in our world anymore which is a shame because so much turmoil comes from not viewing it as sacred. Each option shows what our society does as a result of not viewing commitment as something sacred. People begin to cheat on their partners and spouses and they begin to kill people and ruin marriages, infidelity comes into play and the whole situation is now in a sticky situation. This story showed all of this and really put things into perspective, but then again we have to remember just as the author said… in the end one line is always the same. They die. We all die at one point and it really is all about how we live the dash in between our date. Do we live in “happy ending” option A? Or do we try to live our own lives in one of the other options??
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"Do we live in “happy ending” option A? Or do we try to live our own lives in one of the other options??"
ReplyDelete... TBH option A sounds like a boring gyp of a deal. I mean, if I had to pick between being cheated on or killing myself and A, I'd pick A, but it's a story like a fifties sitcom family; Wally and the Beaver, and perfectly made dinners and live in help.
Sheesh. Give me anything but that kind of life.
And when you describe a life in terms of happily ever afters, you miss all of the day to day. What about the bickering that happens on a daily basis? Who does the laundry, you know?
but what's wrong with that fifties sitcom family? have we now gotten to a point where life has to be the hype and everything? why can't life be dull at some moments?
ReplyDeletejust a thought.. lol