![]() This discovery makes her realize that Jackie previously killed all the women she married. In this box, she finds several pendants similar to the one Jackie had gifted her. There’s a scene where Jules discovers a small box placed inside a small hole in one of the walls of Jackie’s home. She probably changed her name just to have a whole new identity with a clean record. Jackie killed her by her drowning her there. Jenny, Sarah and Jackie’s old friend, did not accidentally drown in the lake. At this point, it becomes clear to her that she has married a textbook psychopath. With injuries all over her body, she drags herself out of Jackie’s way and then watches her from a distance. Jules barely survives after she falls down the cliff. This discovery marks the beginning of a game of cat-and-mouse between the couple. When Jackie treks down to the bottom of the cliff, she discovers that Jules is still alive and is now hiding somewhere in the woods. But moments later, Jackie pushes Jules off a cliff. Jules, being the loving wife that she is, forgives Jackie, and for a while, things seem to be great again. But yet again, Jackie clears all her suspicion by saying that she always blamed herself for Jenny’s death, and that’s why she prefers not to talk about it. Surprised that Jackie never told her about this, Jules confronts her wife. Sarah then reveals it to her that they had a friend named Jenny, who had drowned in the lake. Out of curiosity, Jules pedals a boat across a lake that separates them from Sarah’s home. However, Jules doesn’t take this too well and wonders why Jackie would not even mention that she changed her name. Everything seems just fine until one day, Jackie’s old friend, Sarah, visits them and refers to Jackie as “Megan.” When her wife, Jules, questions her about this, Jackie just brushes it off by claiming that she simply changed her name. Jules's ending means that she is suffering in the woods without anyone to do the humane thing of putting her out of her misery since she killed Jackie.Jules and Jackie decide to celebrate their first wedding anniversary at a remote cabin. ![]() The animal suffered because her first shot did not kill it. This references how the bear died when Jackie shot it. It is highly improbable that anyone could survive that fall, so it's more likely that she died slowly. ![]() ![]() Due to the brutal injuries that cover her body as well as the, presumably, several broken bones, it is highly unlikely that she survived after gasping for air. Whether or not she really did is up to the interpretation of the viewer. It is implied that Jules may have survived the fall. As the camera pans away from Jules's presumably dead body, a gasp for air is heard off-screen. The ending of What Keeps You Alive is filled with symbolism and a very bizarre twist. The bear stands for everything wrong with Jackie, her senseless murders, and alludes to her impending death. Her malevolent behavior has existed since childhood. When she sees the bear in the midst of dying, the film reveals that the animal did not ever intend to cause her harm, and that Jackie killed it just do it. When she initially killed the animal, it seems that she felt threatened. The bear symbolizes that she was unable to stay alive despite killing Jules, Jenny, and all of her other wives. As Jackie clings to trees and searches through the woods for help, she becomes disoriented and dies from a stroke, but not after seeing the bear she killed when she was younger. ![]()
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