A book and Its End

The aspect of a book that is most sought out by me as a reader is its ending. It is the last source of information the reader is given on the characters they have come to love and have created bonds with. It is the last string of hope the author can give the readers that all ends well. The ending is what remains with me for years to come about the book. Even though I treasure endings, it deeply saddens me to finish a book. I am not the reader who picks up a book and flips it to the last page and am done. I enjoy a book to its fullest by sequentially flipping every page and absorbing all the information. In this process, I tend to not only fall in love with the propanagist but with a few others along the way. It maybe a character with just couple of funny dialogues, it maybe an  interesting personality that the author has not given much importance to or it maybe even well be the villian. So an appropriate ending deemed acceptable by me for each and everyone of the characters is what I look forward to most in a book. That doesnt mean that all books have to end with a 'happily ever after', it is just that every book need to be complete and everyone deserves the best ending. For example take Harry Potter, children around the world grew up with the characters and considered Voldemort as the legendary villian of all times. Everyone including I knew that to end the story in the seventh book he was going to die. It was a given but the manner in which he was going to die was what one looked forward to most in a book and this was what that made me join the Anti-Potter club. It is just ridiculous how the legendary villian died by his curse back firing on him. Pathetic I say. While the rest of the fans world wide rejoiced his death, not worrying about the unfair way he had been killed, I sat there writing a complaint letter to J.K.Rowling. LOL. Jokes. I had not yet become that paranoid but an author to me is not one who knows how to write a story but a person who knows how to end it. And to take such claims of being a good author there is only one soul that exists and that is Mr.R.K.Narayan. He was a man who knew how to begin a story and end it. I would like to raise a toast to the man who has made me laugh the most and cry the most. To the man who has made me fall in love with books, I hope to dedicate a story to you in the near future.

Foward 1

This is one of those forwarded emails you occasionally enjoy...

Paraprosdokians

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or re-interpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.
1.         I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
2.         Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
3.         I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
4.         Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
5.         The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
6.         Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
7.         If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
8.         We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
9.         War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
10.         Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
11.         Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
12.         To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
13.         A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
14.         How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
15.         Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
16.         Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
17.         I didn't say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you.
18.         Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars but check when you say the paint is wet?
19.         Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?
20.         Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
21.         A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
22.         You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
23.         The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
24.         Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
25.         A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
26.         Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
27.         Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
28.         Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
29.         I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
30.         When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
31.         You're never too old to learn something stupid.
32.         To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
33.         Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
34.         Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
35.         A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
36.         If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
37.         Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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About the blog: This blog has been created to allow me to take short retreats from my scientific writing. It will be a place where I do not have to worry about plagiarising, referencing or using the apt terminology. It will be a place where I can agree with statements and build principles without any valid experimental evidence. It will be a place where every idea is explored and any idea can become reality, it will become a world with me in it.