Alternative Endings
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteReader, I married him. Yes, it was a quiet wedding. It was jus he and I, the parson and clerk. We went back home from the church and Mary was in the kitchen cooking dinner, while John was cleaning the knives.
I walked in slowly with a grin on my face. "Mary, I have finally married Mr. Rochester!" I said with much excitement. Mary was not the type to so much emotion. So, she just stayed there, standing with a shocking face on. I wasn't quite sure whether she was excited, angry, happy, or upset. She just stayed looking at me for about 5 minutes, literally. While John stared at me as well, he stopped cleaning his knives. They just rested in his hands, with no movement at all. Mary finally eased her face and she said "oh have you Miss??" with excitement. Mary said "I knew you were going out with the Master but I had no idea your were planning to go to church and get married". As I was about to respond, I turned ad saw the way John was looking at me. He has this smile, a smile that made me realize that he was actually happy for me. From then, I left to my husband. I laid in his arms and kept thinking about what a journey we have been through. I couldn't help but think that I was finally Mrs. Rochester! After 1 year of marriage, I was finally contacted by St. John I was not really sure if he knew about my marriage with Mr. Rochester but I was prepared to tell him. I figured out while reading the letter that he already knew and he was very well angry about it. And the reason why it took him so long to contact me was because he was trying to ease his anger down. He didn't want to write me while he was angry and say something that he did not mean. In the letter St. John wrote, He said " Dear Jane, I cannot help but express my anger towards you. How could you have just left me? And then get married to him! Come on, do you think that low of me that you couldn't contact me at all? I am very angry with you but yet still have so much love for you too. I can't help but think of you all the time. I don't care that you are married! I will go over there and win your heart back, no matter how long it will take! I will not give up on you Jane! I will never give up on you ever! With love, St. John " "wow, I don't know what to say! honestly this is absurd!" I'm just going to ignore him and go lay with my husband. As I go back to our bedroom, I realize that it is very quiet. I think to myself 'Where did he go?'. I walk into the room and there I see something totally unexpected! There is MY HUSBAND! My husband kissing Mary!! I don't understand! What is going on? I begin to yell, scream, cry, and throw things! I did not give Mr. Rochester a chance to even explain. I was betrayed and that is all I could think of. I would never be able to forgive him! EVER! I packed my stuff and went to St. John. I lived the rest of my life with St. John, giving him no explanation of why I came back and keeping no contact with Mr. Rochester. To me he was nonexistent. |
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
For eleven years, I had not seen Joe nor Biddy with my bodily eyes-though they had both been often before my fancy in the East-when, upon an evening in December, an hour or two after dark, I laid my hand softly on the latch of the old kitchen door. I touched it so softly that I was not heard, and looked in unseen. There, smoking his pipe in the old place by the kitchen firelight, as hale and as strong as ever though a little grey, sat Joe; and there, fenced into the corner with Joe’s leg, and sitting on my own little stool looking at the fire, was—I again!
“We giv’ him the name of Pip for your sake, dear old chap,” said Joe, delighted when I took another stool by the child’s side, “and we hoped he might grow a little bit like you, and we think he do.” I was still amazed and surprised about Biddy and Joe's marriage. I was a actually kind of hurt. I guess somewhere deep inside me I came back to be with Biddy. Although, things did not work out with Estella she made me a better person. She made me realize a lot about what I didn't want in my life. She made my life a living hell but I made it through. I began to talk to biddy, she said "Please tell you plan to marry, you have to!". And I replied "I did plan to marry, but it seems to me that the person I wanted to marry is already occupied with someone else". I didn't want to try and take Biddy from Joe, but I couldn't help it! I wanted her and needed her! It's like there was this irresistible attraction between us two and I know she felt it too. Biddy said, "Pip, I do love you but I'm married to JOE! and I have a kid. I can't just get on up and leave him". I replied, "Yes, you tell me what I already know. I cannot expect anything of you. I made me choice o not be with you and follow Estella. And now I have to deal with my decision". I walked away from Biddy because I just couldn't help myself whenever I was around her. I went back into the house with Joe and their son. I turned and looked at their son for awhile and he reminded me a lot of myself. I knew he was going to grow up, having a big dream that he would want to fulfill. And I know that I was going to be there to help him through it all. 10 years have now passed and a lot of things have changed. Joe died of an unknown cause. Little Pip is now all grown up, with a dream to become a gentleman. Biddy and I you may ask? Well we married and we are very happy. I can honestly say that I am glad i waited things out and didn't force anything upon Biddy. I am pretty upset about Joe's death. He was and still is very dear to me. I plan to remember every single little thing about him and to never forget him. Because of him, I am where I am right now. Happy with the love of my life, Biddy. |