Additionally, in literature, there are the abrupt and unexpected endings. To illustrate, Ms. Dubose’s final words to Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird are, “And that’s all. Good day to you.” (Lee 121) After this meeting, Jem never saw her alive again, as she died soon after. Readers are drawn to endings such as these because they depict realistic endings and closures in life. Many endings in life come unexpectedly, such as deaths. People may never know when they are seeing someone for the last time. Another example of this in literature is Jay Gatsby’s last words to Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby. Nick conversed with Jay Gatsby a short time before Gatsby was murdered. Gatsby’s last words to Carraway were, “Well, Good-by.” (Fitzgerald ) In literature,