On Monday while eating a delicious breakfast, I was with my group of Jose, Romeo, and Ana. We all brought in different forms of literature depending on our preference. What really stood out though was Romeo's comic book collection called Ninja Boy.
It was about a boy who was obviously a ninja. He was orphaned and had to learn quickly how to survive in order to avenge his family's death. Like all ninja stories there are foes, senseis, and your unusual sidekick that added comic relief. However, unlike other ninja comics Ninja Boy only lasted 6 volumes and was never concluded properly.
It makes me think about endings. Stories where there are "happy endings" or stories with "realistic endings" or stories with "no endings". Which ones do we like the most? The ones who give us a sense of unrealistic peace? Or how about the ones who are dry and make us so angry that we through the book across the room(I've certainly done this before...)?
I think a story with no ending is probably the best kind. We often want security, but with no ending, it gives our minds less barriers. We are allowed to think differently and expand our imaginations. I think this is a great skill that we need to grow and nuture.
Our lives are no endings until we die. We are always writing new chapters, and even if you die, you don't know what happens next. I'm not being blasphemous and saying there is no heaven. I am saying that even in heaven our lives will continue. We certainly do not know how heaven will be exactly. We have ideas but in the end there really is no ending.
Which is why I like Ninja Boy so much. Thanks to lack of budgeting I can continue the story the way I want and enjoy just as much.
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Yes! That was really refreshing to hear and a very good blog! The dude that writes LOST, J.J.Abrahms, had the option of buying a trick at a magic store or he could buy a mystery box that was guaranteed to have fifty bucks of tricks inside for the same price of one toy. The only catch was he wouldn't know what tricks he got until he bought it. At around ten years old he bought the mystery box....and to this day he still has not opened it. He says that what is in the box could never be as great as what he can imagine it to be!
ReplyDeleteHi Jordan, this is Jane. I see that you enjoy real life literature. It is much more interesting to read about the real. Thanks for sharing girl. It's good to know when folks are down to earth. Keep on with the realness. Jane
ReplyDeleteNice... I never thought of "no ending" stories like that. I usually get upset and say the movie sucked or could of been better but it does add a little reality to a story when you are not given an ending because life doesn't just stop, it continues like you stated... but it also lets you chose your own ending to a story that could be otherwise dictated into your mind.
ReplyDelete"I think a story with no ending is probably the best kind. We often want security, but with no ending, it gives our minds less barriers."
ReplyDeleteand "our lives are no-endings until we die."
THIS. Just THIS. I love this post. I love the endings we get to imagine and decide, too.