This play put on by SI tells the story of a young teenager named Alice trying to figure out her life. After she was raped by a popular kid at school, there was no one she could talk to and figure out what to do. Her parents, the typical very religious family was obviously against having an abortion, something Alice wanted to have but didn’t know how to ask her parents. To gauge there response, she asked them through someone else, telling her exact story but saying it was someone else, and there were definitely against it. Another character named Lennie was struggling with a common problem amongst teens as well, bullying. He was being bullied at school by the same group of the people that Alice’s rapist was in. In Lennie’s family, his dad was catching wind of a …show more content…
When he got home, he shot himself. He came back in the story as an angel along with Jesus and saw his family mourning and crying. The news spread and people were devastated, but did not recognize his death as an accident, as it had been ruled. In Alice’s history class, people were fed up with being handed out supplemental readings, as they weren't part of the curriculum or in the textbook. There was an argument in class one day about Thomas Jefferson and how he raped his slaves, and Alice was very vocal about it. Through Thomas Jefferson, she accused her attacker, Luke, of being a rapist and he became very defensive. As the play continues, Alice tells her history teacher her predicament and how she saw Luke and his friends assaulting Lennie the day he shot himself. The teacher, Ms. Janaleris, reported her findings to the police and Luke and his friends were suspended. There was later a town hall where the boys were acquitted and Alice was forced to tell her parents about the baby. The play then had a sudden ending where everyone stood for America the Beautiful, concluding an excellent
The overarching theme of abandonment in Angela Betzein’s, “Girl Who Cried Wolf,” is greatly articulated and emphasised during the play to build dramatic action. This is relevant to teenagers since the time of making new friends or losing others is difficult. In the tough time of a teenager’s life, this is a big issue. Angela
One of the goals in the play is to raise awareness about domestic violence. This is done effectively through the events that are played out in the
Paula Vogel’s play, How I Learned to Drive, artistically tackles the disturbing issue of incestual pedophilia. The play’s protagonist Li’l Bit narrates the action as she goes through her memory of specific events. Much like stream of consciousness, her narration does not lead chronologically to scenes in her past. Rather it jumps back and forth between the present and different points in her life. She tells of her memories of youth and her sexual and emotional relationship with her Uncle Peck. Rather than simply telling about her experiences, though, Li’l Bit shares her memories through vignettes which show the audience her role in the affair within the context of learning to drive (Greene 425).
Was George to harsh or too fast with his decision to kill Lennie? Ever since Lennie was born he has needed help “living” and it started with his aunt Clara. When his aunt Clara died Lennie needed someone to help him with his everyday life and someone that could be there and tell him what to do. Lennie starts to travel with a good family friend George. In the book “Of Mice and Men” there is many cases where Lennie just “holds on” to George. George realizes in the end of the book Lennie has done too much harm and needs to essentially go away. George then shoots Lennie in the back of the head because Lennie couldn't live on his own if he were to run away from Curly and the rest of the gang of workers coming after him. George did the right thing because Lennie was unstable and George knows lennie didn't mean to harm anything. He doesn't know his own strength and George really wasn't qualified to help Lennie learn that he is powerful beyond measure.
The play shows how Eva Smith is a victim of the attitude of society in
death. The play is mainly about the two boys, but it is also about how
The play consisted of five characters: Marty, James, Schultz, Theresa, and Lauren. Marty and James are a couple; they knew each other through a wedding, Theresa is a former actress who ran away from the competitive New York, Schultz is an awkward carpenter who just got divorced, and Lauren is a sixteen year old girl who dreamed of becoming an actress. Marty who is the teacher started the class, but the students participated in the class’s activities
This play shows that lying is wrong and will get you nowhere. At the end, lying will come back and haunt you. Also, lying will get you known as a liar. A liar who no one will believe at the end of the day. A liar that will be hard to be trusted by others. All of this is something that you want to avoid. Never lie and always tell the truth and you will end up feeling better about yourself. That is what I ended up getting from this ten minute play. Never lie because all those lies will be stored somewhere, maybe not recorded on tape like they were for the Person but stored somewhere like ones conscious. Lies will come back soon or later to come and bite you when you least expect it.
The play is set in the 1920s when women started to receive clerical jobs and were expected to complete certain milestones in life. For example, in the scene labeled “at home” young woman – the main character – tells her mom that she is going to get married, because everybody does it, but then says she will not because she does not love Mr. Jones (Machinal). Ultimately her choice was to not get married, but in the end she does because her mom needs and wants her to get married for financial stability and the young woman feels that her destiny was to care for her mother. However, in the scene titled “prohibited”, the young woman starts deciding her destiny and chooses to cheat on her husband, Mr. Jones (Machinal). This is the moment when she realizes she can control her own destiny. That she does not have to be the happy housewife that society says her fate has to be. But there was still one problem, society still appeared to be in control of her destiny because she hasn’t decided on what her exact destiny would
“When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.” Said Gilbert Hernandez. This idea shows when one is young it is necessary for that person to express their emotions to deal with any complications they might encounter. In the play, “Diary of Anne Frank" Anne is a teenager dealing with the challenges of the Holocaust. Due to this her family goes into hiding. Throughout their experience conflicts start to come up between Anne and the other residents. When facing these conflicts she turns to her father, a sixteen year old boy named Peter, and her diary. It is in this play that the author uses Anne Frank’s relationship with her father, Peter, and her diary to demonstrate the theme of expressing feelings can help cope one with societal challenges beyond someone’s control.
As I reflected more and more on Wilson's masterpiece, my anger turned to curiosity instead of my curiosity waning, it grew. I felt like I was unraveling a huge ball of yarn. In a play about family, a million different issues are lived. I was astounded at the number of issues that Wilson touched upon, issues ranging from family relationships, to problems in the workplace, racial tensions, and infidelity. And under each one of these was another, underlying issue, the reason, or the catalyst that enabled these to prevail.
However some of the events within the play are obviously taken a step further for comic value. This reminds us that this is a play, and therefore can not ever be completely realistic, and must b... ... middle of paper ... ... s effectively. The central points of the play are: firstly to highlight the problems facing children let down by the British education system and society in an economic recession; and secondly to make the point of Mrs Kay's philosophy that the individual has a right to experience joy in life regardless of their supposed potential within society.
John Steinbeck wrote a story about two men that only had each to depend on. Many of George and Lennie's struggles come from things they cannot control such as Lennie's mental issues. George and Lennie are very poor and they work on farms together, but they have to move a lot because Lennie always does something stupid. The greatest tragedy in Mice and Men was when Lennie was left alone with Curley's wife. She was the reason why Lennie ended up being killed. She knew of to manipulate others to get her way and that is what she relies on most of the time.
The tragedy of love, grief, despair, and betrayal created this significant play. As you can see from this paper, read the play with female trauma perspective, with the "American Dream" as the background, we realized the tragic fate of the female character Linda in the play is the most tragedy character than male character Willy.
This play is also a story about the coming of age of young women (Blo...