In the short story of “Happy Endings” written by Margaret Atwood, readers can see the story is set up through multiple plots and versions of the same tale. Each story has a different version and different scenarios, but what is the point in that? Is there a lesson to be learned through this? The lessons we learn will teach us that life is unfair, and no matter how unfair it may seem or how perfect or not so perfect our lives seem, each and every person will end up the same, dead.. The beginning of the story opens up to give us John and Mary, who are very much in love, and they grow up and grow old together. In “A,” John and Mary meet, live good lives, exquisit hobbies, long lasting love, fulfill each other, and then, “Eventually they die.” In Plot B, John is a terrible guy who mistreats Mary. He uses her for an ego boost and sexual pleasure. His callous disregard and selfish behavior lead her to commit suicide. He marries another woman and they then live out scenario A. Plot C involves John as an older man who, while married to a woman named Madge, trysts with a much younger version of Mary. She finds him entertaining at times but sleeps with him largely out of pity. A younger heartthrob named James, who owns a motorcycle and is “free.” John finds the two young lovers in bed and shoots them both before taking his own life. Madge eventually marries again and picks up in scenario A. In plot D, a tidal wave washes away Fred and Madge’s house. There is no hint of any other