Rose for Emily, Young Goodman Brown, To Room Nineteen, and The Necklace

Surprise Endings Many stories often benefit from surprise endings. They can give us great insight into the characters. Four stories that have surprise endings are Rose for Emily, Young Goodman Brown, To Room Nineteen, and The Necklace. The surprise in Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner, is in the last sentence of the story. When they see the “long strand of iron-gray hair” (43) on the pillow. Through this we now see what Emily has been …

…only was the necklace fake, but so was Matilda in the beginning. She then becomes real because she had to work for everything. A real transformation occurs with in her. She then understands how good she had it after she had to give it all up. Surprise endings are very beneficial to stories. They keep the reader on their toes. They also give great insight into the characters to help us understand them much better.