Surprise!

I was a little surprised at the ending...because it actually had a concrete conclusion at the end! It's a first for this class, and a last. Although there are still things at the end left to discuss, we aren't left with the typical Core question of, "what just really happened??" White Castle leaves us wondering who is who, House of Mirth doesn't reveal whether Lily purposefully or accidentally kills herself, Sputnik Sweetheart never tells whether Sumire really returns, and The Age of Iron doesn't really tell if Mrs. Curren is dead. Baldwin does the best job out of these five books in wrapping up the basics for us. In the end, we know that Hella has left, Giovanni is either dead or about to be, and David is now forced to move on with his life with the freedom he dreaded from the beginning.