ENG 194 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Birdwatching, Margaret Atwood
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Happy endings margaret atwood: about margaret atwood. There are different sections of this story. They are short stories within one large story. In the first story, main characters john and mary are both in love. Atwood almost left out so many details of this story that is could be seen as comedic. She doesn"t mention any details about their marriage. She is generalizing out perception on an idea marriage. In story b, mary is in love with john, but he doesn"t love her. He uses her for her body, and often cheats on her. Mary ends up killing herself due to his rejection. John ends up marrying the girl he was cheating on mary with. In story c, john, who is an older man, is in love with young mary. Mary feels sorry for john so she spends time with him. Mary is in love with someone named james. James and mary get high and climb into bed .
