The most effective endings lead us to think again about what we have read, as shown through Mosquito Coast

' The most effective endings lead 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 Allie Fox's character and personality. Throughout the novel Allie is constantly under Theroux's microscope. …

…an evil man with warped ideas, or in fact a misunderstood gifted man with the true intention of saving his family from the coming problems of the modern world? Paul Theroux orchestrates the entire novel with such direction that whatever you final opinion of Allie Fox, the ending is indeed most effective because it makes you not only think about what you have read, but makes you ‘want’ to think about what you have read.