Jax sacrificed himself completely in vain in the series finale

Jax sacrificed himself completely in vain in the series finale

In the finale of Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Jax (Charlie Hunnam) is headed for his inevitable doom. At the latest after the death of his great love Tara, he fell into an abyss of murder and frenzy from which it no way out gave.

As a result, Sons of Anarchy ended with Jax committing suicide so that at least his sons could have a better future. A detail in the final season is supposed to do that However, sacrifices made by Jax were entirely in vain have been.

Gemma scene in Sons of Anarchy seals fate for Sons of Anarchy offspring

A Screen Rant article points to a scene in the penultimate Sons of Anarchy episode. In it, Jax’s older son, Abel, gets one from Gemma (Katey Sagal). SAMCRO ring given by the motorcycle club. Even if the boy is then taken with his brother Thomas from the city to a better future, this gesture has a very fatal effect.

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Although Jax ends up sacrificing himself to give his children an alternative way out of the motorcycle club’s criminal cycle, Gemma’s ring is symbolic of them inevitable future of Jax’s sons. The protagonist’s mother even says to Abel that the ring is for when one day he too would join the club.

Sons of Anarchy series creator Kurt Sutter conceived the story of Jax as a Shakespearean tragedy from the start. For him, the suicide of the main character was only the logical consequence. Whether the scene with Gemma and Abel was a nasty additional detail and This makes Jax’s suicide unnecessary is made is just a theory. There is no official statement on this.

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