Eyes wide, Malcolm sat on the couch staring at nothing, saying nothing. All around him lay the detritous of yet another fabulous party. The walls of the hotel suite were ripped, dented and smeared with pate. The furniture, what was left of it, was overturned or covered with semi-conscious revelers. The floor was a sea of cans and bottles wherein swam pizza box whales.
Those who could do so began to stagger out of the room. Cleaning up is for suckers or hired help, after all. They all gave their compliments to their host, the illustrious Malcolm, star of stage and screen. Jokes were made. Innuendoes were butchered. Crass comments flew like rice at a wedding.
Finally, the slowest of the departing guests, a rotund, red-face man, gave the door a heavy slam as he left, partially because he was falling forward and still had a hold of the knob. With the reverberation of the door or perhaps the guest’s impact on the wall, Malcolm tipped and toppled off of the couch, having died several hours earlier.
2007-10-10 11:46:59 · 12 answers · asked by annon 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I understand the words, and I'm not stupid, I'm just unsure of the ending......don't be rude people....chill out its just a simple question.....if you're not going to say anything helpful, dont say anything at all
2007-10-10 11:57:35 · update #1
It's just a passage talking about how Malcolm had died (probably due to a high intake of drugs and/or alcohol during the party) after a party sitting up on a couch with his eyes open. They guests leaving probably just thought he was messed up from partying too hard, and they were probably too hung over and messed up themselves to look at him closely. For he was dead for a few hours and nobody noticed until it was revealed at the end when he fell over from the impact of the slamming door.
The play on words here is that you don't expect Malcolm to be dead until it is revealed at the very end. Nobody leaving the party even noticed, and the reader would have no reason to believe that until it is revealed at the end.
2007-10-10 11:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by bada_bing2k4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put very simply, Malcolm has hosted a party in a hotel suite. It has been totally wild and the room has been trashed. Drunken people lie about the place. In all the chaos, no one noticed that Malcolm has died. The slam of the door causes him to fall off the couch. Weird! Hope this helps.
2007-10-10 18:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the end of a usual party. All the guests are drunk and try to leave before they have to help cleaning up and Malcom is already dead, but no one realizes it, because they don't care.
So what explanation do you want exactly?
2007-10-10 18:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by lilly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this dude names malcom threw a really great hotel party, and trashed the place and everyone got drunk. all the drunk guests left because they didnt want to help, so only malcom was left to clean the mess. however, hours after everyone left he died of alchol poisoning.
2007-10-10 18:51:22 · answer #4 · answered by Darkendeavor3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really wild party. People got really drunk. Some passed out. Malcom is dead.
What's to explain? Look up the words you don't know in the dictionary. Or go to dictionary.com
2007-10-10 18:52:13 · answer #5 · answered by Yup Yup Yuppers 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Crazy party, everyone was so trashed that they did not notice that Malcolm was dead.
2007-10-10 18:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by ☆Zestee☆ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats there to explain. he died with his eyes open and sitting up. it was the view of the story teller
2007-10-10 18:51:44 · answer #7 · answered by loppinaroundrabbitry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Confused, Sorry
2007-10-10 18:50:54 · answer #8 · answered by camopaiser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a 'killer' party...bwahahaaa...
2007-10-10 18:50:49 · answer #9 · answered by Amber B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im waiting and watchin this in fascination!
2007-10-10 18:51:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋