There are two basic defenses for an open ending: one is, If you read carefully enough, you'll know … - Lorin Stein

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If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

Lorin Stein

There are two basic defenses for an open ending: one is, If you read carefully enough, you'll know what happened. And the other is, That's how life is: things don't come to neat endings, there isn't a "happily ever after. " But if you take that second line of defense, then I think you have to make the point that the writer has shown the range of possibility.

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