Compair the endings of the Test, and The Darkness Out There - How each ending is prepaired for throught the story - Which ending do you enjoy and why?

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                                      Compair The Endings Of The Test, And The Darkness

                       Out There. How Each Ending Is Prepaired For Throught

                       The Story. Which Ending Do You Enjoy And Why?

I enjoyed both the test and the darkness out there, however I did prefer the tests ending because it was very unpredictable, it had a twist, and the whole story was gripping from start to finish. The darkness out there however had less drastic ending  but was still powerful in its own way. I will demonstrate  this in my essay by comparing the build up to both endings and the endings themselves. I will conclude on which ending I prefer and why.

            The tests is written in third person narrative and potrays the test of a lawyer, trying to proove a teenage boy innocent of stabbing one of his enemies.When all the evidence is stacked against him. Throught the story the writter gives you the impression that the boy is guilty , for example ; one of the witnesses testifys  that " I seen the boy, the one over there, running away with a knife in his hand."  This evidence is compiled with other hard evidence which gives the reader reason to believe that proving the boy innocent would be near impossible .  The boy however is adamant that he didn't commit the crime, and will not plead guilty even when he knows that pleading innocent could result in the death penalty.  Time passes in the courtroom and the prosecution councils case seems to get stronger and stronger until Vernon Wedge ( the lawyer) has the idea of an extremely sophisticated blood test  which could mean life or death for the boy.  There is then a drastic twist in the ending of the story.  When Vernon is about to use the test as evidence in the courtroom the prosecution objects, and his evidence is impermissible, this however is what Vernon had predicted and the prosecutions objection sways the decision of he jury.  Vernon is still curious to know whether the boy is innocent or not, and wishes to go ahead with the test in his private chambers, just as he is about to commence the Father of the defendant cuts his own hand with the knife leaving he reader in an ambiguous state, and you are left draw your own conclusions.

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The darkness out there is a much more subtle story it tells the tale of young girl and her fears of a nearby spinney, called Packers End.

Sandra and her friends have always feared the wood, whether it was beasts and witches or nazis and gypsies, they  were always weary when passing it.

Sandra works for a home help club where adolescents are sent in pairs to attend the houses of the elderley and it so happens that on that day she was to visit a house which backed onto Packers End.  The thought of this stirs up ...

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