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21. “Low down and near the horizon hung a great, red sun, far bigger than our sun. Digory felt at once that it was also older than ours: a sun near the end of its life, weary of looking down upon that world. To the left of the sun, and higher up, there was a single star, big and bright. Those were the only two things to be seen in the dark ...
Oct 1, 2020 · Nothing beats a great movie ending. Here we rank 33 of the all-time best. Find out where favorites like "Inception," "Avengers: Infinity War," and "Casablanca" end up on the list....
- Jason Guerrasio
These images suggest various things – fire suggests rage, war, passion; ice suggests cold indifference and passivity – and can be interpreted in a number of ways, which lends this classic short poem about the end of the world an ambiguous, symbolic quality.
- Endings Help Us Stay in The Present
- Endings Can Bring Us Together
- Endings Help Us to Let Go of The Past and Focus on Goals
- Endings Provoke Mixed Emotions—And So Create More Meaning
One explanation for this intriguing phenomenon comes from Laura Carstensen’s “socioemotional selectivity theory,” which looks at how our sense of time affects our goals and relationships. When we perceive time as vast and expansive, the theory goes, we tend to prefer knowledge-seeking activities: attending school, going to networking events, learni...
How does that effect manifest itself? Contemplating the end seems to make us prioritize social connections, which a great deal of research shows can increase our well-being. In one study, for example, researchers recruited nearly 400 California residents, split up into three groups: young (averaging 23 years old), middle-aged (46), and older (72). ...
Under Carstensen’s theory, our present happiness sometimes competes with gains we might realize in the future, like knowledge and new relationships. But it can also compete with investments we’ve made in the past—and here, too, research suggests that imagining an impending ending could give us some clarity. In another series of experiments, when yo...
But aren’t endings sad? At the very least, they can be bittersweet—so while they may boost our happiness, they aren’t a recipe for pure bliss. Indeed, a 2008 studysuggested that endings bring about mixed emotions. In one experiment, participants—both young (averaging 20 years old) and older (77)—imagined being in a location that was meaningful to t...
Feb 22, 2021 · Clockwise from left to right: Lust, Caution; Moonlight; Some Like it Hot; The Last Days of Disco; Beau Travail; The Searchers; Losing Ground; Big Night; Grave of the Fireflies; The Thin...
Jul 27, 2020 · 1. Citizen Kane (1941) On a surface level, Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane would seem to have an extremely simply, if tragic, ending.
Mar 4, 2020 · The Best Movie Endings of All Time. By Collider Staff. Published Mar 4, 2020. SPOILER ALERT. Making a great movie is not an easy task, but if a filmmaker succeeds in getting just about...
