On Pain: Passage

The passage that I choose is the following:

Our children’s tales close with passages about heroes who, after having overcome many dangers, live out their lives in peace and happiness. We hear such assurances with pleasure, for it is comforting for us to learn about a place removed from pain. Yet, in truth, life is without any such satisfying end, as is evidence by the fragmentary character of most great novels, which are either incomplete or crowned by an artificial conclusion. 

My interpretation of this passage is that we think of life as a fairytale, full of happiness and peace, but
the sad part is that life is not unfortunately not like that. We must suffer in order to laugh. Those who
at one point of the lives had to suffer because of the circumstances, eventually they will overcome those
fears and learn to live life in peace and happiness. Life can definitely have happy endings, to some people,
but in reality there is no such thing as happy endings, that only happens in novels, and soap operas.

I chose this passage, because Junger is basically telling the story of our lives. We all have to experience
pain and happiness in our lives. We must have pain in order to understand what others are going through
because you will understand better the pain of others and comprehend. I mean it's always a good
feeling when you think of your life as a fairytale, and that everything is going to be alright and it's going
to have a beautiful ending, but we must be real, life is not what you always hope it would be.