Due to the scientist, fiction is a simulation of life, which resembles computer simulations. For instance, Keith Oatley, in her study on fiction, explored how fictional plots can become facts for the readers. This concept has a long scholarly history and was regarded by many scientists in their research works.

Through her metafiction story, Margaret Atwood brings up the idea of true-to-life writing. Any author needs to focus his/her attention upon the development of the story. Thus, Atwood centers her idea around the fact that it is a common mistake to write the story for the sake of its ending. She describes it in the Aversion and refers to it in every other part of the story. The author focuses upon the universal ending of a story. Under the coverage of a short story, Margaret Atwood disguises the essay about story-telling. These questions are “How?” and “Why?”, instead of the commonplace “What?” that is always the same. Besides, Margaret Atwood emphasizes the questions, which should be answered by any author. Therefore, it describes how, due to the author, the plot of any story should be revealed. The story presents a brilliant example of metafiction.

Thus, in her story, Atwood employs a vast range of repetitions of words and sentence structures, so that to demonstrate a recurrent character of any fictional plot, which focuses upon the ending. In her short story, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood rebuts the idea of happy endings in fiction and life, since the author argues that every story always has the same end, which is death (Atwood 326). The only happy ending is the absence of it.

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