Analysis Of Only Drunk And Children Tell The Truth

One of the biggest Cultural climates in the play was alcoholism. Indian Americans are commonly known to have drinking problems, and in the play there is no shortage of that. Katherine and Lenny both drink day and night, and then after

The first words you hear are “punch me” which blows your mind. It makes you ask, “why would someone want to be punched?”. As the play goes on you find out why and it makes you take a step back to realize just how serious this topic is. Just like the production A Chorus Line, you felt for the characters and that connection you had with them only developed more and more throughout the production. One example of this would be how one of the main characters, “Amy” felt throughout the duration of the play. Amy felt that she was alone, and no one would be there for her while she was enduring something that no child should ever have to undergo by themselves. The second example would be “Ester” who was so willing to do anything Amy asked because she wanted friendship and acceptance so badly. The beginning of the play was filled with Ester constantly asking if she was punching her correctly or could do anything to help Amy. This really connects to us as young adults and adolescents because we are constantly looking for acceptance from our peers. This was shown very clearly through the characterization of Ester throughout the

Throughout the story many bad decisions were being made because they couldn't handle themselves whether they were drunk or sober and it caused a lot of trouble and problems for these young men. We sometimes forget to make the right decision and sometimes is hard to make the right decision when you are hanging out with the wrong people and wrong set of minds of wanting to be "bad" or "revel" because other people are doing so.

Upon watching the play Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, written by playwright Drew Hayden Taylor, I found myself engulfed by a parallel narrative that illustrated a plethora of significant topics. Who knew that learning about a dead Canadian prime minister could be both captivating and informative? Taylor's Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion, commissioned by the National Arts Centre, does an arguably nearly flawless job of bringing light to some of Canada’s oldest and deepest shattered relations through two simple story lines that ultimately merge. This play informs viewers of current and serious topics through the plot and characters, with the help of a little singing and dancing of course.

By doing so the author does a good job at developing the theme that Japanese-Canadians face mistreatment. Through the lens of a child the argument becomes much more persuasive. An innocent child is to lack bias. Furthermore, by having an innocent child talk about what is going on in a first person point of view it allows for the reader to look beyond the words and find the underlying theme for themselves. If this was narrated through the father’s point of view it would be more factual and clear because the father has a more vivid understanding of what is going on compared to the child. For example, when Old Man Grover talks is over at their house the narrator could sense that Old Man Grover was more dominant even in her father’s own home (317). If the author was to write this in the father’s perspective the topic of the conversation would have been clear whereas through Naomi-chan’s perspective the reader is left to interpret the scene through the limited information a five year old can

“My sense is that American character lives not in one place or the other, but in the gaps between the places, and in our struggle to be together in our differences,” (Anna Deavere Smith). Anna Deavere Smith in her play, Fires in the Mirror, takes two different cultural communities and interviews their standpoint of the conflict at hand. The underlying racism present in this community is soon brewed into a pandemonium once the death of both a Black and Jewish individual take place. Fires in the Mirror is a social drama that presents a breach as several Jewish males accidentally kill a young Black boy in a car accident. Due to this incident, it causes a crisis within the community as a Jewish man is later murdered by Black males to pursue revenge for the cause of this breach. With a social drama following the guideline to find a redressive action to limit the spread of the breach, Smith in her interviews portrays that this community fails to do so. Because of this, the reintegration becomes an irreparable breach between the two. Consequently, due to the social clash between the Black and Jewish communities, the city of Crown Heights becomes socially segregated. Individuals interviewed in this play are heavily indulged in looking at what segregates them from one another that it leads to individuals pointing fault or playing victim, which inevitably will never lead to a resolution to this social crisis.

The story narrated by Kit highlights upon the events leading up to Juli’s conviction, of murdering his mother and his following trial. The play focuses in and out on major events in Juli’s life as Kit’s father, also Juli’s solicitor, struggles to gather a deeper understanding of Juli through his sons’ eyes, compared to that of the narrow minded surrounding community. The main theme examined throughout Brenna Lee-Cooney’s adaptation of James Aldridge’s The Untouchable Juli is that of seclusion and the element of being unique in such a conformed and structured society.

It makes me tragic to realize that Lorraine Hansberry kicked the bucket so youthful and wonder what different plays were in her future. The tale of this play is both epic and straightforward. A family living on the south side of Chicago battles with destitution, battles to look after nobility, and longs for a superior life.

The Youngers are the main family in the play. Throughout the story, readers witness all of the

In that act, the characters in the play do not notice the satire so much as the spectators do. Hansberry exposes how the American Dream can come about for black Americans throughout this time in

Since the 20th and 21st century the film/ Play has since been enhanced and adapted in many versions as is the case in this production by the UCF theater who decided to set the play in a 1930 's metropolis in and around the speakeasies where races could mingle, but also spark clashes, and tell the tale of two lovers who were caught in the fight between their families ( both alike in dignity) for the control of the clubs , the distribution of alcohol (Even though it was during the prohibition era ) and their piece of the well known American Dream. Although they incorporated a later era which gave more realism to today 's society, the underlying scenes and most recognized plots were that of the original play .

Canadian history has not only forgotten the stories and lives of many who sank on the Speedy, but it has also neglected to fairly portray the life of the mother who lived and mourned her son’s death, but was ultimately portrayed in history as witch. The Speedy creates a relationship between the audience and the forgotten members of Canadian history. The reader is given the chance to hear the story of Bitter Tongue at the end of the play. She talks of history and how history treated her. She explains: “History denied my people, took away my son, destroyed my life and denied me the truth. History doesn’t know what truth is. It never will. History will only remember what it is told.” (Barker, Hanratty, Leuchter, Mand 31). Bitter Tongue is punished by history and her voice has been muted by strong forces in Canada’s dark past. Bitter Tongue, remains a mystery throughout the book. This is an attempt to further familiarize the audience with the notion of a cherry-picked perception of history. History has not been nice to Bitter Tongue and her people. The past does not respect Bitter Tongue enough to mention her by her real name. In Canadian history, the indigenous people are reduced to false stereotypes that attempt to label and shame this community. The rope of the Canadian history continues to weigh heavy

Once again, I really enjoyed reading this week’s assignments. The topic of drinking and underage drinking is something everyone should be informed about. I especially liked the youtube clip about heroin abuse. I was unaware that a couple years ago it was epidemic but to be more specific I was unaware that there was so much abuse with it. I didn’t know that there was heroin related deaths in the United States alone. In the last decade it has gone up 5 times. I also agree that there is room for improvement and preventions that states can do. I remember reading an article a couple of years ago about how there are many insurance companies out there that do not cover treatments such as drug/alcohol rehabilitation. While viewing the youtube clip

How this play even came about was my English teacher thought it would be a great idea for all of his classes to do a project together. What better way to make sure his classes did it then to make it a huge part of our grade? We had a choice not to be a part of the play,

The first situation satirized in the play is birth. When Jack was born his aunt, Miss Prism, placed him in a handbag. After discovering this, the characters discover Jack’s true origin. This history is discovered in a dismissive tone. The characters take the situation rather lightly. The placing of Jack in the handbag establishes the unimportance of birth origin during the Victorian times.