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‘Till Death Do Us Part
It is a classic story tale fantasy that we all grew up believing in—boy meets girl, they fall in love, and the rest is history. Margaret Atwood's "Happy Endings" quickly shatters that fantasy and turns it into a reality that cannot be ignored. Atwood tells several tales of different types of relationships; the beautiful, the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Atwood hits on the nail when she says, "So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun".
In "Happy Endings", the reader can basically create the story they like, although the ending will always remain the same. The story is about John and Mary, and a few unwelcome characters—who are envisioned as the perfect romance.
Throughout the different types of relationships that we see between the different scenarios between John and Mary are the true hardships of reality. In "A", we read about John and Mary, who fall in love and live happily ever after—the fantasy that we all wish was a......

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