User blog comment:ChristianWallis/A Look at Ambiguity/@comment-25569708-20160603212203/@comment-25569708-20160603235507

There was just recently a blog post here all about The Shining and its many possible meanings, you may want to check it out if you haven't seen it. But yeah that photo at the end just was perfect in my opinion. I think that it is a very good example of ambiguity done well, it allows you to make up your own conclusions about Jack/the ghosts/the entire movie in general. Another movie which I think has a good ambiguous ending is It Follows. I'm not sure if you've seen it or not, so I won't spoil, but it is an excellent movie. Check it out if you haven't.

As for your story, the dog death part could've perhaps been interesting, but I do think in the end ambiguity is best for it (hence this entire blog post). There's just something so odd and uncomfortable about this otherworldly dog with a strange sign around its neck just showing up out of nowhere. And yeah that drunk driving part would be a very odd thing to mention to your best friend via email, haha.