A Long Way Down    Post 3

I think the ending of this novel is very unique. The ending of the book is happy but not a happily ever after ending. I think the author did this to show that happiness often comes from friendship and when people feel needed and important.   He accomplished this through the four main characters. I think the author, Nick Hornby, is teaching the reader that to be happy a mansion, a prince, or millions of dollars are not needed.  To be happy, all we really need are the necessities of life (shelter, food and water), friendship, and the feeling of being needed.  Another theme of the story is to be happy with what we have because there are many people who seem like everything is fine, but they are in much worse situations.