The ending of the novel was fair. If this story was fiction the novel would have ended with Mutsuhito “The Bird” Watanabe being captured and receiving justice. However this was not an inspirational tale, its reality. Mutsuhito “The Bird” Watanabe was not captured and brought to justice. Instead vowing to never be captured he became a self-prisoner. After faking his death “The Bird” opened an insurance agency in Tokyo, Japan. He lived in a very luxury apartment worth 1.5 million dollars. He lived a long and successful life after he escaped punishment, became very wealthy and important in Japanese society, and died in old age. Aside from Mutsuhito Watanabe, the former prisoners of war also lived a successful life not based on wealthy, however based on self-redemption and self-freedom. After Louie is home he suffers from PTSD. Louie thought that he was “free” when the war ended, but he only found himself trapped in a psychological prison where the war and “the bird” were always present. There was a point in time were Louie wanted to kill “the bird”. Thinking killing “the bird” would set him free mentally .The rage consumed Louie. Causing his PTSD to worsen. Soon Louie turned his life to religion. The anguish Louie saw direct amid the war almost destroyed his spirit, making him see mankind's stunning limit for insidiousness. Though Louie walk…show more content… The ending would have been unfair. To find redemption and free himself of the Bird, Louie had to let go of the dark past and torture he endure. Louie returned to Japan and was eager to forgive his captors because he learned that forgiveness, rather than revenge is the path to inner peace. When Louie offered to see The Bird again, The Bird refused. At that moment in the novel, we has readers may have learned that the Bird had fear of Louie. Louie pities the Bird, realizing that he never had a chance to free himself of the burden lust for
