The text” Come up” by Brian Evenson is told by a limited 3. Person narrator. The story starts with a situation where, Martin, the main character is sitting on patio reading a book. While Martin is sitting on the patio, lazily reading, his wife Kat walks past him heading down to the dock to have a “swim”. Martin does not see her jump into the water, but only hears her splash. The splash becomes the last sound Martin hears from his wife. Martin reports Kat’s disappearance to the police. The Police suspects Martin for have murdered his wife. This suspicion causes Martin to get nervous as he believes he has not killed his wife. The rest of the story continues with Martin doubting himself whether if it was his fault of his wife the disappearance reasoned his many infidelities with other women, and about Martin's nervousness whether the police will accuse him of his wife's disappearance. The story never directly provides the information or conclude on whether Martin killed his wife, she just disappeared, or committed suicide.
Sometimes writers choose to end their stories with an open ending, as this can help to leave the reader with a subjective interpretation that can go different ways. This is the case in the short story “Come up” by Brian Evenson. The short story begs for the question, did martin killed his wife or did she just disappear after a “swim”. The way our main character act mentally can be interpreted as he is the killer. However, our knowledge about the relationship between our main characters and his wife can also be interpreted as the wife took her own life, because she had grown tired of him. The ending is therefore open and depends on how you interpret the text.
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