Discussion Topic
The ending of The BFG and its possible alternate conclusions
Summary:
The ending of The BFG sees Sophie and the BFG successfully capturing the giants and ensuring they can no longer harm humans. An alternate conclusion could have involved the giants being reformed rather than imprisoned, or Sophie and the BFG continuing their adventures together, facing new challenges and deepening their friendship.
What are possible alternate endings for The BFG?
I'm not sure if this question is asking for you to come up with alternate endings or examine possible future outcomes based on the book's written ending. The first option could be fun—have the evil giants win and take over England!
The second option could also be fun. The giants are all captured and put into a deep pit. Presumably, they are going to live there indefinitely on their new, non-human food source. I can imagine that most humans would be completely on board with that, and the pit might be turned into some kind of viewing spectacle for humans. This does have some textual support, as the BFG did admit early on that he fears humans finding out about giants and sticking him in a zoo. It's also possible that groups of humans could think that England is being inhumane to the giants, and huge protests could emerge around...
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the world demanding that the giants be freed and allowed to go back to their homeland.The BFG himself might unknowingly be the catalyst for this kind of movement, since he is a giant that isn't put into the pit—instead, is given a mansion and a title. Additionally, he is becoming an educated giant, so people might demand that the other giants be reformed to become contributing members of world society, like the BFG is.
What is the ending of The BFG?
Starting in chapter 21, Sophie, the BFG, and the military travel into giant country. The goal is for the soldiers to tie up and immobilize all of the terrible people eating giants. They successfully accomplish this goal and then transport all of these giants back to England and place them in a large, deep pit. The BFG gives the royal gardener seeds from a snozzcumber, so that all of the captured giants will have a disgusting food supply.
After this, the Queen of England makes the BFG the "Royal Dreamblower." She also has a giant sized house built for him with a regular sized house for Sophie nearby. As book closes, readers find out that the BFG learned to write and that he was the person that actually wrote the book that readers have been reading.