Johanna Jaworski answers “Am I the only numb nuts that didn't get...”

Angie Annetts asked this question about The Vegetarian:

Am I the only numb nuts that didn't get the ending?

Johanna Jaworski I think the end is something like the sister accepts she can't fix this problem and recognises that she has had moments where she wished she could jus…moreI think the end is something like the sister accepts she can't fix this problem and recognises that she has had moments where she wished she could just abandon everyone too - even her son whom she loves and is committed to. The ending did really throw me off, though. It was such a straight-forward story for the most part and all of a sudden, she's with her son, or she's on a mountain or she turning into a bird, maybe she had previously abandoned a baby? I found myself angry at the book and with the sister-character precisely because this unexpected turn of events and I had to wonder if that wasn't the purpose. After all the sudden change to vegetarianism seemed to be the trigger for anger against the main character and maybe we can recognize the tendencies in ourselves to have a hard time accepting choices we can't understand. (less)

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