2.) Peter: An educated man, executive position with a small publishing house. Has a wife and two daughters each daughter has a parakeet and a cat. Wishes he had a son and dogs but is content with what he has. Goes up to a secluded area in the park every Sunday afternoon to read, if it’s sunny. His family is upper middle class, he makes about $200,000 a year. He lives between Lexington and Third Avenue on seventy Fourth Street. (Major)
Jerry: Jerry lives in a rooming house in the upper west side of Manhattan which he describes as “laughably small” and is split in two by a beaverboard from another very small room. Jerry has very little stuff and could name everything he had to Peter. His parents died when he was about 11 after that his Aunt raised him then “dropped dead” the day of his high school graduation. Was homosexual when he was 15 for 11 days and can’t hold relationship with a girl. Jerry seems to strive for an understanding with another, this is shown in “The Story of Jerry and the Dog”. (Major)
3.) Setting: It takes place in reserved spot in central park, New York, 1958. It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon and Peter takes his place on his bench in the east side of the park near Fifth Avenue and Seventy Fourth Street. Jerry had just came back from the zoo and describes it as having a stench since it is a hot day, a lot of balloon and ice cream sellers. Also that all the seals are barking and the birds screaming.
4.) This play takes place in an eastern distant part of Central park, New York. On Peters routine Sunday afternoon of reading on his bench Jerry bumps into him. Jerry sparks conversation by asking him if he is traveling north. Jerry continues to ask peter personal questions. Jerry insists on telling Peter why he went ...
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...t I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves. I hoped––and I don't really know why I expected the dog to understand anything, much less my motivations––I hoped that the dog would understand." (Page 17) This foreshadows what happens in the end of the play, because Jerry at first tries to befriend Peter and make a connection with him. Jerry realizes that Peter doesn't understand him after his dog story then becomes violent and results in Jerry's death.
10.) In my opinion this play was well thought out, intellectual, and a great read. This play made you think of different symbols Edward Albee used because everything had a different meaning. I enjoyed the darkness of the play along with the messages it portrayed. I definitely would recommend this to someone looking for a thought provoking read.
Not knowing what this play was about, I went to go see it Wednesday after noon at Holyoke Community College in the Leslie Phillips Theater. I had many mixed emotions about this play. I thought some parts were very funny, but others were a little uncomfortable because of some racia...
He now lives in New York City with his wife and children. This novel is based in various High Schools in New York City. One of the main characters Paul, just moved to New York from Saskatoon, Alberta. This novel takes place in the mid 1980’s. At this high school, Don Carey High, none of the students or teachers care about anything that goes on within the school.
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
In conclusion I think that the stage directions and dramatic irony are significant to the play, and without them there would be no need for a lot of the events that happen in the play.
Secondly Albee deploys techniques of Theater of Absurd. Albee often begins with a seemingly realistic circumstance that is abruptly interrupted by an absurd or surreal element or event. As for example in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? incidents such as the moon that goes down and soon comes up again and the hysterical pregnancy of Honey. Therefore in doing so he shares alo...
His development of the characters seems to focus on one main character at a time, shifting from one to another. Sonny, who the story is about, is a troubled young man, who is also very private and some would say he’s a bit of a dreamer in a sense. At an early age he becomes addicted to heroin. He is also an aspiring musician who tends to keeps all of his problems bottled up throughout the story—except when he plays his music. Music for him is a freeing outlet. The narrator, also known as Sonny’s older brother is compared to Sonny and the many young men of Harlem. He served in the military in his earlier years and then became a successful, hardworking math teacher. Grace, the narrator’s daughter, dies of polio while her Uncle Sonny is in prison. Her death was the reason that the narrator takes the time out to write to his brother Sonny. Her death becomes an act of grace, resul...
The main character in the novel is Willy loman who is facing the difficulty situation in the play. Firstly I am going to describe Willy loman and Biff loman the oldest son of Willy. Willy is the father of two sons Biff and Happy, he has a lot of potential, and he thinks the goal of life is to be well liked and gain material success. He failed to achieve the American goal. And Biff the oldest son of Willy is the character in the novel that shows any real personal growth, he cannot hold down a job. In the story at (Act 2, 105) I am going to discuss the merits of Biff observation.
Overall, I enjoyed this play. Even with the dull ending, I found it to be entertaining and a good use of my time. The cast was great and they made good use of a decent
It was very nice to read something that had a lot of drama and suspense. This story has a mix of everything. It has a bit of suspense, drama, and comedy; therefore, it led it to be a very nice play. The people that would most like this play, has to be people who like suspense, drama, and thriller. These people would like it, because this story has a mix of everything, so the people who like to have a mix in their stories, they will love this story. It will suit them, and will give them a pleasure of reading a nice
William Shakespeare is known as the greatest dramatist the world has ever known and remains the world's most popular author. No one can ever replace the famous plays that Shakespeare wrote. From tragedies, histories, and comedies that Shakespeare made. This story made me realize how superstition has a place in our lives. The possibility that people are able to foretell the future, or how are lives are controlled by fate, things happen for a reason and that just how things are meant to be. The concepts of good and evil are always unclear. This play is a perfect example of the great things Shakespeare accomplished, a dramatic yet tragic story line. This play gave me a better perspective not only of William Shakespeare, but the true power of words.
There are many factors that cause Jerry to act the way he does. The main reason is he forced by the vigils to refuse the chocolates. "When he returned to the school after practice, he found a letter scotch-taped to the door of his locker. A summons from the vigils. Subject: Assignment."(Cormier 62) He is now forced to refuse the school chocolate sale. He now has to face Brother Leon and tell him no which soon gives him insight in to the teachers’ feelings. "His eyes gave him away. His face was always under control but his eyes showed his vulnerability."(Cormier 92) Jerry realizes that Brother Leon is struggling with the candy sale and that he is trying to hide his anger for Jerry’s’ refusal. Jerry knows Brother Leon’s hate for him and his fear of failure with the chocolate sale. "He had met Brother Leon in the corridor late one afternoon after football practice and had seen hate flashing in the teachers eyes. More than hate: something sick." (Cormier 92) Jerry knows that Leon hates him for refusing the chocolates but he doesn’t want to give into Leon and take the chocolates. This is what motivates Jerry to become a rebel
I found the concept of the play to be quite interesting. I learned new things about Martin Luther King such as his smoking habit and that he was a womanizer, both of
"Paul’s Case." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 192-209. Short Stories for Students. Gale. Web. 21 Jan. 2010.
Since this is a review and its based on my opinion, I would have to say this was one of the worst plays I've ever seen in my life. I wasn't entertained by the play at all. The only good parts were the good-looking girls in the play. I like the main character Marisol based only on her looks. She played on ok job of acting. I realize she had a lot of lines to memorize which she had down, but she just didn't get to me. I think the costumes were ok. They had nothing special, or out of the ordinary except for the angel's wings, which were pretty nice. I didn't like the lighting or the scenery. I didn't know where the scene was supposed to be at some points.
By the finish of the play, it becomes apparent that Jerry is fulfilled enough with his existence, and can die a happy human being. He provokes Peter to the point where he will defend himself for control of the bench. Jerry succeeds in getting Peter to help him kill himself. Jerry impales himself on the knife from Peter's outstretched arm. Jerry kills himself because he is finally content with his existence. He realizes that he has the ability to cause changes in the lives of others, and he realizes that he has a perception of the world around him more acute than most people do. He realizes that by telling Peter about the sad, lonely, empty people from his boarding house, Jerry has caused Peter to have a heightened perception of reality, and therefore can die a happy man because he has fulfilled his life's work.