The Lucky One
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Chloeh
May 13, 2012 08:07PM
In my indy novel, The Lucky One, one of the main characters, Elizabeth, absolutely despises her ex-husband and finds her disgust with him grow each time he lies or manipulates her life. However, this all changes when he dies saving their son from a flooding river. She earns a new respect for him, and learns to see the good in who he was instead of the bad. Does the respect and honor a person receives from their loved ones or even the public eye change with death?
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I know the ending in the book Beth's perspective and point of view changed towards her ex husband. As for real life depends on the person.
I think that when someone that is a family member or someone in relation to you such as her ex was (being her son's father) passes away, you want to think of the good things about them. I don't think that it would have been the same after the way he treated her if they had not had a child together, but that changes the whole concept of the situation and it makes you want to remember the good instead of the bad.
I think all the bad things people do before dying an honorable death still remain in your heart but sometimes can be overshadowed by the good that they did do before death. Ultimately, it comes done to what defines a person: how they lived or how they died. It's hard for people to believe someone who has made bad decisions their whole life could redeem themselves with one action, but I think it's possible. If it wasn't, people wouldn't convert on their deathbeds.
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