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The Ending
Brianna
Apr 08, 2012 07:40AM
I thought the ending to this book was absolutely brilliant, particularly the last two lines. "Now, once again, 2 students left. But of course they're a part of you now." What did the last lines mean to you, and did you like the ending in general??
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While Shuya and Shogo fight Kazuo, Noriko and Mitsuru would have duked it out. At least they could show that Noriko was useful in some sense, rather than that stupid excuse of her shooting Kazuo.
Going back, I could say that the book ended on a rather average note. Shuya and Noriko escaped, yet are still being hunted? Realistic, and I like that. they have escaped their past, but it's trying to catch up to them and will do anything to get revenge.
While Shuya and Shogo fight Kazuo, Noriko and Mitsuru would have duked it out. At least they could show that Noriko was useful in some sense, rather than that stupid excuse of her shooting Kazuo.
Going back, I could say that the book ended on a rather average note. Shuya and Noriko escaped, yet are still being hunted? Realistic, and I like that. they have escaped their past, but it's trying to catch up to them and will do anything to get revenge.
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When I read that last line, I couldn't help feel but somewhat filled. They're a part of me in a way that I know who they are, I know what they've went though, and I know what they're planning to do. Basically, I know who they are. Shuya and Noriko have forged a bond with me that is invisible and somewhat transparent, but is firm and still, unbreakable yet flexible and fluid in motion. I know they're story, and in some way or another, I have to share it so that they may be a part of another person.
Ending:
The ending in general was somewhat melodramatic. Yes, Shogo died, but there was no need for that overly used stuttering. We get it, you're going to die. In honest truth, his death didn't stir much emotions in me. Other students struck me deeper, even the minor ones... even Mitsuko Souma, who was the main villainess didn't deserve such a petty death.
I was disappointed with Noriko for being so utterly useless (In all honest truth, I would have killed her first if she was going to be a burden [this is my perspective if I was the author, not a player.] They try to pass her up as innocent, and how she was "participating" by reloading guns. From my point of view, she should have had a fight with Mitsuko. They are, after all, rivals.
When I read that last line, I couldn't help feel but somewhat filled. They're a part of me in a way that I know who they are, I know what they've went though, and I know what they're planning to do. Basically, I know who they are. Shuya and Noriko have forged a bond with me that is invisible and somewhat transparent, but is firm and still, unbreakable yet flexible and fluid in motion. I know they're story, and in some way or another, I have to share it so that they may be a part of another person.
Ending:
The ending in general was somewhat melodramatic. Yes, Shogo died, but there was no need for that overly used stuttering. We get it, you're going to die. In honest truth, his death didn't stir much emotions in me. Other students struck me deeper, even the minor ones... even Mitsuko Souma, who was the main villainess didn't deserve such a petty death.
I was disappointed with Noriko for being so utterly useless (In all honest truth, I would have killed her first if she was going to be a burden [this is my perspective if I was the author, not a player.] They try to pass her up as innocent, and how she was "participating" by reloading guns. From my point of view, she should have had a fight with Mitsuko. They are, after all, rivals.
Brianna Fenty
Yeah, I totally agree about the ending in general. I didn't really feel much when Shogo died--it came kind of suddenly. I'd pretty much forgotten he'd
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I thought the last line meant that they had died and were in our memories, but I think there is another book. My second thought was that it was a metaphor and we ARE them (figuratively). My third idea is that we have are bonded to the characters
The lines from Born to Run and then the ending was so powerful to me. In a way it's unsettling, because even though they have escaped from the island we are not sure that they are going to survive and flee the country in the end.
Anyway, I too would like to see Noriko more actively involved in the story. At least to fight someone.
Anyway, I too would like to see Noriko more actively involved in the story. At least to fight someone.
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