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Rose Of Sharon Ending Analysis
The ending of the novel was quite questionable. There were quite a number of climatic scenes presented at the end of the novel, leaving little room for falling action, and further to no room for a satisfactory resolution. Therefore, it’s an ending that holds questions towards Rose of Sharon as she proceeded to nurse the gentlemen in the last page of the novel. Rose of Sharon’s actions begs the question as to whether she is suffering Postpartum Depression from her miscarriage that made her feel compelled to help the gentlemen as she lost her own child. The ending felt rather rushed and dropped with no ends fully wrapped up regarding Tom and his new sense to become a working class advocate/revolutionary. It was satisfactory to finally have Rose

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