Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Blog 9
The ending to the short story we read this week, Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon, was very surprising. I did not expect the story to end like that honestly. I was expecting something much better, like he was seen as a saint to the people for granting Pepe's wish for a cage and giving it to the rich at no price, or like the doctor came back and bought something and him and Ursula became rich, but not that he was found in the street without any shoes and that's just the ending. It just seems like the ending could have been a little more epic, it was almost like a let down. I also would have wished there would have been another one of those "dream"-like ending, where Balthazar was just a homeless man who dreamed of making a beautiful cage and getting all this praise for it but, nearing the end, reality starts creeping into his dream, eventually leading to where he really is in his life.
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I was also kind of surprised by the ending. I feel as though throughout the first part of the story you kind of get the feeling that Balthazar is a skilled and kind of smart and humble guy. I also felt as though Balthazar and his wife were very different people. He was caring and did not care too much about money and she was not caring but cared all about the money. I honestly would not have expected him in the end to blow all his money and be as irresponsible as he was, so that kind of confused me. I also wish that the ending was a little more epic and I like the way you wished it had ended!
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