Conclusion/Story Analysis

The Crows ends when the family become reunited in the afterlife after years of suffering and being apart. 

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There are many contrasting themes within The Crows. These elements work together to emphasize each others' points and give the story new meaning.

The Crows is a story about:

Life                 and                Death

Within the story, there is the contrast of  environments of the famine-stricken land and a plentiful land. In the real world, the land is dead, with dry rice fields and barren trees. The scenery changes when it becomes the afterlife; it is filled with lots of greenery and other life. It is the world that the family wanted to live in.

This theme also refers to the life and death of the characters. From the start, the family is living for each other, but other circumstances leads to their deaths. They really live after death rather than just trying to survive.

False Hope                and              The Real Ending

There is much hope for the father to bring back his son who disappears and his wife who passes away. The crows give him hope that the fruit he should grow would bring them back. In the end, the fruit truly was false hope in the fact that it would bring his family back and it ends up killing him, but they were truly reunited in a bittersweet ending.

Together                and                Separation

Love is such an important thing in life that I wanted to incorporate into my story, especially familial love. All the family wants in the story is to be together; happy and healthy. There were many unexpected circumstances to happen that separated them, particularly in death. Their lives together are cut short, bringing much despair to the ones who still live. When they all pass away, they are reunited in the afterlife, overjoyed that they could all see each other once again after being separated.

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There are many other contrasting elements within the story to emphasize the point and each aspect of it. One thing I also included was the idea that every single member of the family was "perfect" in a way. The boy was bright like the sun, the mom was beautiful and loving, and the father was hardworking and caring. Incorporating the sickness, poverty, death, and other negative aspects emphasizes their positive natures, making the story more impactful.

In the end, it turns out that the crows were actually good, bringing them all out of poverty and famine, into an afterlife where they are all together in a fertile land. In conclusion, crows are bearers of light and life, but are also tricksters.