Readers Conflict of Opinions.....
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Whenever we're into a prose work, as we enjoy it, we equally anticipate for the next or supposed events, be it from what is happening in the story currently or what you think should happen normally. Mind you, it takes a great effort for a writer to compose, though at times there are external influences and inspirations but as a writer, even with a block, you have to escape it and move on.
What you should understand is; when you're writing, you are the god of the pen as you can fashion your content to your likings (just like the Supreme God do), you can kill a good character and let the bad one live.
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That is where the problem arises. In order not to make your story boring, you need not solve all mysteries, provided that it is not antagonizing your plot and title.
'Amazulu Warrior', a story with this kind of title is expected to analyse a specific deed, either glory or doom of the warrior, therefore, either the warrior died or live is not our concern(though it may be in your plot). So a kind of story like this is one we shall all agree to your supposed ending provided that the plot ended up to us as clearly justified.
A story like 'Who the crown fits' wont be befitting without the writer laying emphasis on tussles in the palace and how the heirs strived for the throne. Also, if the writer portrayed one of the heir to be dubious, callous and impudent, yet he ascended the throne doesn't mean he has written it wrongly, many a time had the antagonist surpassed the protagonist in films and if the writer isn't graced to further the story on how the Impudent King ruled shouldn't be a mistake or make the story incomplete, rather, he only had left the readers to fathom on their sentiment and unravel the mystery untold themselves.
In the story called 'Gege Ara'(the mighty pen) there occurred an incident when sacrifice was to be made to heaven and the Vultures can only bear the propitiations to convey it. Orunmila almost cried because it has been earlier mentioned that he hated Vultures and they hated him too, the hatred trascended to the level that a jamboree was carried out and only Vultures were not invited, though, they later perched for the leftovers after the party.
The mystery was, Why would hatred exists between a god and a bird? It wasn't explained in the story, and the mystery could never be solved due to the fact that Orunmila was coming to earth for the first time according to the story and Vultures had been on earth since but we dont know maybe Orunmila had once been on earth or the Vultures were formerly living in heaven.
The summary of Edgar Allan Poe's story 'The Cask of Amontillado' will serve as another example.
'The story's narrator, Montresor, tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato (Italian for "lucky"), a fellow nobleman, to an unspecified person who knows him very well. Angry over numerous injuries and some unspecified insult, he plots to murder his friend during Carnival when the man is drunk, dizzy, and wearing a jester's motley.
Montresor lures Fortunato into a private wine- tasting excursion by telling him he has obtained a pipe (about 130 gallons, 492 litres) of what he believed to be a rare vintage of Amontillado . He mentioned obtaining confirmation of the pipe's contents by inviting a fellow wine aficionado, Luchesi, for a private tasting. Montresor knows Fortunato will not be able to resist demonstrating his discerning palate for wine and will insist that he taste the Amontillado rather than Luchesi who, as he claimed, "cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry". Fortunato went with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter's palazzo, where they wandered in the catacombs. Montresor offered wine (first Medoc, then De Grave ) to Fortunato in order to keep him inebriated.
Montresor warns Fortunato, who has a bad cough, of the damp, and suggests they go back; Fortunato insists on continuing, claiming that "[he] shall not die of a cough."During their walk, Montresor mentioned his family coat of arms : a golden foot in a blue background crushing a snake whose fangs were embedded in the foot's heel, with the motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" (No one insults me with impunity).
At one point, Fortunato made an elaborate, grotesque gesture with an upraised wine bottle. When Montresor appeared not to recognize the gesture, Fortunato asked, "You are not of the masons?" Montreso replied he was, and when Fortunato, disbelieving, requested a sign, Montresor displayed a trowel he had been hiding. When they came to a niche , Montresor told his victim that the Amontillado was within.
Fortunato entered drunk and unsuspecting and therefore, did not resist as Montresor quickly chained him to the wall. Montresor then declared that, since Fortunato won't go back, he must "positively leave". Montresor revealed brick and mortar, previously hidden among the bones nearby, and walls up the niche, entombing his friend alive. At first, Fortunato, who sobered up faster than Montresor and anticipated he would, shook the chains, trying to escape. Fortunato then screamed for help, but Montresor mocked his cries, knowing nobody could hear them. Fortunato laughed weakly and tried to pretend that he was the subject of a joke and that people will be waiting for him (including the Lady Fortunato). As the murderer finished the topmost row of stones, Fortunato wailed, "For the love of God, Montresor!" to which Montresor replied, "Yes, for the love of God!"
He listened for a reply but heard only the jester's bells ringing. Before placing the last stone, he dropped a burning torch through the gap. He claimed that he felt sick at heart, but dismisses this reaction as an effect of the dampness of the catacombs.
In the last few sentences, Montresor revealed that in the 50 years since that night, he had never been caught, and Fortunato's body still hangs from its chains in the niche where he left it. The murderer concluded: In pace requiescat! (May he rest in peace!)'(wikipedia)
From this summary extracted from wikipedia, what and what can be deduced?.
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If you noticed, this is also a murder case story but not like stories like 'tell me your dream' which involves detectives investigating here and there. There is no investigation of Montresor's crime and the criminal himself explains how he committed the murder. It seems like the mystery in "The Cask of Amontillado" is in Montresor's motive for murder. Without a detective in the story, it is up to the reader to solve the mystery.
Montresor never specified the reason for the murder except the thousand injuries he suffered at heart as a result of Fortunato's insult. According to the story, we are only concerned about the mystery in the Cask. Therefore, conflict in readers mind should be settled at discreting junctions based on the faculty of thinking and creative readers too can from mysteries in stories start another creative fictions.
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