The Most Effective Endings Lea
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' d us to think again about what we have finished reading,' this is a true statement of the novel Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux, as the ending is imperative to actually push the point of the novel.
Paul Theroux masterminds the novel by leaving it to the very end to let the reader fully understand ....
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.... enough so that eventually Charlie and his brother have to restrain their father and tie him up so he can no longer torment them. This leads to a shootout with the missionaries where Allie is shot and wounded.
Paddling with their father and husband downstream on the Patuca River, in a quadriplegic state, his limbs not working, Allie is only able to speak and scream. Due to Theroux’s guidance of Allies character throughout the novel, for the reader it seems likely that he could jump up ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
