A Beautiful Ending // Emma Kate Patterson

 The end of the work speaks volumes to the mood change within the book. The book opened with a very gloomy mood that the author used diction to portray. Here at the end at the closing paragraph we see a reoccurring diction about beauty. In the last paragraph it says," And don't you know you are prettier than you ever were?" I did not know that; I am not certain that I know it now. But I know that my dearest little pets are very pretty, and that my darling is very beautiful, and that my husband is very handsome, and that my guardian has the brightest and most benevolent face that ever was seen; and that they can very well do without much beauty in me- even supposing-" (Dickens, 770). This ending is all about the beauty that is around the character. This is very paradoxical to the beginning of the book in which it talked about the ugliness surrounding this character. The character within the last paragraph points out the beauty in those al around her and prior to the paragraph the character's beauty is even pointed out. This speaks volumes to the mood change within the book. We see a change from ugly, drab, and gloomy to hopeful, happy, and bright.


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  1. Raygan BosterNovember 16, 2021 at 8:12 AM

    It really is a total 180 from where we started. It was hopeless and dreary but through good hearts, hard work, and selfless attitudes, they turned it into something good and wholesome. We love to see it.

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