From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/10/2014 08:55 AM, overload@spam.ftc.gov wrote:   
   > A particularly good example of this comes from Harry Potter. The   
   > epilog tells us that Harry and Ginny lived happily ever after, same   
   > for Ron and Hermione. People don't live happily everafter - when you   
   > have a series of adventures, happily ever after is rapidly boring. The   
   > epilog was 1) unnecessary, 2) detrimental to the story, and 3) out of   
   > character with the preceding several thousand pages.   
      
   That epilog probably tells us that the author is relieved to have   
   fulfilled her contract so that she can write what she wishes once more,   
   instead of what she has contracted to write.   
      
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