This story is opening with “John and Mary meet. What happens next?” (296) and then giving a serveral versions with a different life style about them. However, Atwood sets Verison A as a primary ending for the couple because she ends each versions with “coninue as in A.” Section A briefly talks about how John and Mary love each other and they have a very good job to afford childrens so they married and have two kids, then retired and eventually die . Later versions is just about how John loves Mary but she doesn’t or swap. Atwoods states that “The only authenic ending is the one provided here: John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die.” (299), therefore, is that means no matter you done you will still die eventually? Is it means our life will possess happiness if we die? On the last sentenace “Now try How and Why” (299) is kind of persuading us to try and do what we believe if we are not agree to her but you will find out the answer which is match to her idea.
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Everyone eventually will die with the technologies we have at the moment. Nobody could predict the future, so nobody knows if some people will live forever in the future. However, I think eternal life on Earth is more of a curse than a gift. There is absolutely no reason to live forever and endure all the hardships in life. I think it will be better to die in happiness than live forever. As a Christian, I believe in heaven and maybe that is the reason why I could say that dying would not be so bad. Whatever religion you believe or not believe in, I like you to raise a question. What does death mean for you? Would you live an eternal life if you had a choice? – Brandon Ryu
To answer your first question, yes we will all eventually die no matter what we have accomplished in life. Nobody lives forever. To answer your second question, I think it depends on each person. For me as a Christian, when I die I will be happy because of Heaven. Others might be afraid of dying and live a paranoid life. I think we should be happy while we are alive because life is short and we should make the most out of our lives. It might not be the ideal “Happy Ending” that usually happens in stories and movies, but we can try our best to live a happy and fulfilled life.