I think the similarities are with Keith's ramblings which are usually funny, and Willy's ramblings, which are kinda crazy. being a gamer myself, keith was my favorite character. he carried the play and a lot of his lines were funny like, "ethics is written by the losers.'' gotta love it

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This is story that is made up of many different stories. most of them either having to do with her father or Gordon. I think her attraction for Gordon has to do with the apparent "tough love" her father had exhibited to her throughout her life. Off topic here...but when she talked about how her father used to just throw her into the ocean is how many caribbean people learned to swim. and it usually is the father who does it. its funny now that i think about it.

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Well...half-skinned. I like the humor in the story. some may not see it because of all the gruesome details in it, but its there. like when he was told his brother was clawed to death by an emu. lol!!! death is not funny, but i pictured how he would look if he was actually being clawed by an emu...to death to boot. i know most of you know what an emu is, but in case you forgot, it is an ostrich-like bird. it looks so ridicuolous if i saw one approaching me I would die of laughter before being clawed. this is a Final Destination-like story in the sense that it seemed he was meant to die. he left home so long ago with no intent of returning. now a situation occurs where he feels obligated to return to a place he once knew. its as if Fate set him up for the kill. on another note Proulx was almost poetic, no...definitely poetic in with some of her sentences. For example, "In the long unfurling of his life, from tight-wound kid hustler in a wool suit riding the train out of Cheyenne to geriatric limper in this spooled-out year...." Wow...there is more metaphor in that sentence than one can find in some books.

This was one of the saddest plays I have ever read where it actually makes me feel for the protagonist. I get the sense that he knew he was a failure to his sons, but he didn't want to accept that fact, so he fabricates a life of importance and success. It made me feel really bad when I found out he tried to commit suicide. That lets the reader know that he wasn't blind to his faults. Another sad part is how he kept predicting the masses of people that will show up at his funeral, then at the end, its only his family. It shows that he is consistent in his lies, even upon death. I think he is a brave man for committing suicide for the betterment of his son. Biff is the only one in the family to come forth with the realization of who they really are. This is significant as he is the one who went through the major change in his life around the time he caught his father cheating. Though it is sad, I like works like this where it does not end on a high note

I think the title it meant to be like: ok we wanted this ever since we met each other. We envisiones rose petals and linen sheets. Trips to the bahamas and suntan lotion. Now Here we Are. Now what??? They are taken aback i think on how suddeny things can shange when people get married. every little thing is a suspicion on her part, and he can stop himself from saying things that dig his hole deeper. interesting take on married life

Mrs. May is miserable and seemingly hopelessly blind to what really mattery in life and in her religion. Her prejudice of people, displayed through her dislike of the Greanleaf family, actually makes me feel sorry for her. Though i will admit she had a funny line when Mr. Greanleaf said "Thank God for everything," and she replied something like, "you should, you never did anything for yourself." That was classic!!!

That's what Bob's desire of Louisa seems like to me. It is just part of every man's desire to conquer that which has eluded him for too long. Climbing Mount Everest, exploring the deep seas, exploring the lush jungles, and in his case, having a sexual relationship with Louisa. It would be that much sweeter if he could beat out Tom for it. Its simply male competition.

On another note i like the quote "Looking at them didnt tell you anything." I particularly like this because we as humans have the tendency to lump groups together. Whites may be viewed a certain way by other people, so may Blacks, Asians, etc. Though in this story the context is toward black people, it can be said for everyone. We tend to think for example, "oh that person is white, so he will do this, or react this way." It can easily be remedied by actually conversing with the person and getting to know the,, however we have that general fear of being shunned. So we just decide to take the easy way out.

Yes, i'm back. well Zoe reminds me of those characters from those sitcoms for middle-aged women like Golden Girls or Sex and the City (not that i know a lot about them) with all these past relationships and her use of sarcasm and witty remarks. I would hate to be in a conversation with her. However she seems to be the type of person who masks her fears and weaknesses with a hard shell. So to men who want to get to know her especially, it would be very hard for them (ecpecially if they are wearing a naked lady suit), and they might feel like she is just being a...well...you know. It takes a certain type of man to bring out the soft inside that she is trying to hide. maybe he will come, maybe not.

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I expected there to b some great revelation or something of greater significance after she visited the victim's family. all she did was cry. no speech on how cruel life is--nothing crazy happened at the house. the ending was so realistic...it was boring. one would expect that exct thing to happen in real life. So because it was a story i guess I was expecting a more fantastic finish. i was wrong. by the way what is the deal with young girls being attracted to older men in a lot of stories and poems? It happened in The Tempest, this story, and in a poem by i think Maya Angelou. i forget the title but it had to do with her being a young girl staring out the window and longing for the grown men she saw. hmmm...oh yea! it was called "Men". its pretty good

Trying this again to see if it works. I think it is about a man who had a very adventurous life as a younger person and all he has left now are dreams of that life. Its a pretty good poem. Probably what goes on in the twilight years of many people.

Testing to see if this works