Moving past abusive situations to find peace.

The "perfect" life where they marry, have children, and die of old age.

If you are looking for a heartwarming true story, modern platforms like Reddit's r/wholesome or The Secret feature user-submitted narratives about:

Atwood uses these scenarios to argue that the only authentic "ending" for any story is death, and that "happy endings" are simply a choice of where the writer decides to stop the narrative. " Happy Ending " (The TV Series)