Alex Shevtsov answers “So we never learn what happened in the...”

Suzanne asked this question about In the Woods:

So we never learn what happened in the woods when Peter and Jamie disappear??!!

Alex Shevtsov I agree with the above answers that say we're better off without the resolution to the old mystery. Yes, it feels like real life, and it also underlin…moreI agree with the above answers that say we're better off without the resolution to the old mystery. Yes, it feels like real life, and it also underlines the character of our hero, and – I believe – he would not actually like to solve this mystery.
He was remembering something when he was out of his mind, put in a similar situation, stressed and often hungover. In his sane mind he would not get rid of the story that makes him sad and special and provides the never-ending well of melancholy. It's, in a way, the place where he takes his character from (remember that he's a textbook example of narcissist).(less)

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