Bring Feed back
When it comes to book series, the “Harry Potter” series is undoubtedly my favourite, but I still wish that J.K. Rowling would not have killed Fred Weasley’s character in the last book, “Harry Potter Deathly Hallows”. Fred Weasley was one of the funniest characters in the series (comparable only to his twin brother George). Fred’s tricks and jokes made everyone laugh. It was not fair for his character to be killed off. I think it would have only been good if Fred had lived abd enjoyed the glory of the trick shop he opened with George. So if I could change the ending of a book, it would be “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
A twist in the tale
If I could change the ending of any book I liked, it would be “Scorpia” by Anthony Horowitz. It is the last book in the “Alex Rider” series. In the book, Alex Rider, the main character of the story, works for M16. He meets a secret organization called Scorpia, which convinces him that M16 killed his parents. He believes that and proceeds to infiltrate M16, where he finds out the true story. In fact, it was Scorpia, who killed his parents. After stopping an evil plan from Scorpia, Alex dies. While the book is amazing, the ending is not really my style. If I were to change it, it would be that Alex finds out his parents are alive and reunites with them. And it turns out that Alex and his family are related to some famous ruler. This kind of a twist would make the book modern as well as historic. It would make the book better, for me personally. I don’t know about anyone else. Some people might like it, some may not.
A mythological adventure
In the “Shiva” trilogy, Amish turns the mythical Hindu god Shiva into a person, who is mortal. Amish ends the third book “The Oath of the Vayuputras” however, on quite a sad note. Just a few chapters before the ending, Sati, Shiva’s wife, is murdered by Egyptian assassins. She goes to a peace conference in place of Shiva – who is unable to attend as he is busy acquiring the Pashupatiastra – and gets killed in a trap meant for him. Shiva is heartbroken and, in his grief, he decides to use the Pashupatiastra, which is basically an advanced hydrogen bomb. It is a true fusion weapon, and thus could wreck a city, without substantial radioactive fallout. He uses it to destroy Devagiri, the abode of Emperor Daksha, who hired the assassins. My alternate ending is this: Sati survives the assault, Shiva arrives with the armies and besieges Devagiri, and the war ends. However, I feel Amish’s ending is better as it makes the story unforgettable.
Clash of the titans
I would like to change the ending of “Percy Jackson And the Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan. The original ending of the book is as follows: Percy discovers that he has the lightning bolt in the backpack given to him by Ares, in front of Hades. Then he fights Ares and defeats him. Percy returns the bolt to Zeus. According to me, the ending should have been different. Percy, Annabeth and Grover are trapped in the Lotus Casino. When they escape from the casino, Zeus appears before them and tells Percy that the time given to him is over and that he will be punished. A fierce battle takes place between the King of the gods and the Sons of Posiedon. At the end, Percy loses to Zeus. Just when Zeus gets ready to blast Percy off, a shiny object in his backpack catches his eye. He checks it out, and voila! It’s his thunderbolt. As soon he touches it. Zeus understands that Luke and Ares are the real culprits. He quickly release Percy and tells him that his mom will return back to the mortal world. Percy returns to camp half blood.
Swami’s dream cricket team
I love books with good endings. Though I enjoyed reading “Swami’ and Friends” by R.K. Narayan, its ending made me sad. In the book, Rajam, Swami’s friend leaves town. Swami loses a great friend and his dreams of forming a cricket team are dashed. If I were to change the ending of the book, I would write that Rajam did not move out of the town. Swami, Rajam and their friends created a dream cricket team and became great cricketers.
A happy ending
When I was young, I read the “Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde. The word “happy” in the title is just misleading. I shed tears when I read the ending. Though the story reveals the selfish nature of people, it is quite unfair that noble hearts die at the end. It would have been better if the swallow was saved by the professor of Ornithology, who admired the relationship between the statue and the swallow. The alternate ending could be: The professor gives a piece of the statue’s lead heart to the swallow as a memory of their friendship. After thanking the professor, the swallow flies off to Egypt, with the last piece of gold leaf.
Imaginary or real?
“Alice in Wonderland” is a wonderful story by Lewis Carroll. It includes many interesting characters, a vivid plot line that draws readers into the “wonderland”. The one thing I would change about the book is how it ends. The book ends with Alice waking up on her stories lap at the riverside, recollecting her dream about the wonderland and explaining it to her sister.
I would like to leave the ending vague or give a few hints as to whether the wonderland is real or not. This is how I would’ve wanted it to be. The battle between Alice and the Queen of hearts stops abruptly as she opens her eyes and feels a soft fabric underneath her head. She feels confused, as she takes in her surroundings, she realizes that she is at the riverbank. Alice gets up and follows her sister home and tells her about her dream. Her family too eagerly listens to her dream and no one notices the rabbit wearing an overcoat, muttering something as he walks around nervously.
The rabbit in the story symbolizes Alice’s imagination and curiosity, and if taken literally, this new ending could let the readers decide if wonderland was just a dream or something more. It also symbolizes how this adventure could just be the beginning.
Reforming their ways
If I could change the ending of one book it would be “Matilda”. It is a 1988 children’s novel by acclaimed British writer, Roald Dahl. “Matilda” is the story of a precocious five-year-old girl Matilda Wormwood. She has ignorant and tyrannical parents who do not acknowledge her talents. Matilda has only one sweet person in her life, Miss Honey, her teacher. Mr. Wormwood deals in stolen cars and one day he has to escape to Spain, but Matilda stays back with Miss Honey.
I would have liked the ending to be as follows: Matilda reforms her father and after paying for his crimes he starts behaving nicely with her and help her scale new heights. Matilda gets numerous understanding mentors who help her grow, “Matilda” was also adapted to the silver screen in 1996 by Danny DeVitto and starred Mara Wilson as Matilda.
“The Book Thief”
If I wanted to change the ending of a book, it would be that of “The Book Thief”. The book is written by Markus Zusak and is set in World War II Germany. It chronicles the life of a girl named Liesel, who is fond of reading. It is a heartbreaking story that is interspersed with humour and drama. The book ends with a rogue bomb falling on Himmel Street, her neighbourhood and kills everyone except Liesel, who was busy completing her first book. I would rather change the ending to everyone receives a bomb alert beforehand and hides in their shelters. Though the bomb hits and destroys most of Himmel Street, everyone survives relatively unscathed. And, while life is hard to start over, most of them manage to move on. Liesel leads a happy life, but her book is lost during the explosion and Death, who happens to be the narrator returns to her at the time of her death
Character development
If I could change the conclusion of one book, it would be “Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery. Although it touched my heart like no other novel ever has, I was quite disenchanted with its ending. Anne, a traumatised orphan, finally finds love and joy in her two caretakers, Matthew and his sister, Marilla. She is, however, plunged into an irremediable sorrow after the lovable Matthew dies, Anne and Marilla are left distraught.
Rather than ending the book on such a sad note, I would instead have followed Anne as she traverses into adulthood, and becomes a woman of repute and brings praise to her foster parents. Later on, in remembrance of her own struggles, she adopts young children and follows the example of her caretakers in nurturing them. This, I feel would give hope to all orphans, as well as prove that adoption can bring a lot of love to a child.
Irascible Othello
If I get a chance the ending of one book then it would be “Othello” by William Shakespeare. In this book, Othello murdered his wife and after realizing his wife’s innocence, he took his own life. This story does not have a happy ending. When I read it, it left me full of grief and sorrow. When one cannot give life to someone, how can one take of away, that too in fit of rage and jealousy? I don’t want innocent Desdemona (Othello’s wife) to die. In the ending I pictured, he would have regretted his wife’s suspicious of her after realizing his wife’s innocence. And remembering how much she loved him and sacrificed for him, he would have immediately returned by her side and begged for forgiveness. She perhaps would have forgiven him and they would have lived happily thereafter.
“The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”
I would like to change the ending of the book, “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, written by John Boyne. My ending starts with Bruno’s understanding of Shmuel’s tough times on the other side of the fence. Shumel wants to escape from there. Hence, Bruno hides Shumel in his attic; as nobody in his house uses that place.
Soon, Bruno finds that a special train travels from his town to China. He decides to send Shmuel to China, as he recollects Shumel telling him that his uncle lives there. Bruno hurries home and packs some of his clothes and other necessary items for Shumel. He helps Shumel board the train.
Shumel thanks Bruno for his timely help and tells him that, he will never forget him in his life. They promise to write letters frequently.
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