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The play “Sure Thing” by David Ives is about two people who meet at a small café. They start talking to each other and each time someone says something wrong, or the conversation goes south, a bell rings and they start over. In the end, they end up liking each other a lot and have a longer stretch of uninterrupted dialogue. This play is a challenging piece to work with as a director since there isn’t much to it. However, if one were to look at it from a film-production perspective, more could be

David Ives’ play “Sure Thing” offers a complex examination of how time and circumstance combine to serve as catalysts for either conflict or harmony within human relationships. Ives uses the ringing of a bell within his stage directions to signify the passing of time as it relates to the varying ways that Bill and Betty perceive each other. Additionally, Ives uses Betty’s changeable attitudes towards The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner as a metaphor for her equally malleable feelings towards

The short story sure thing by David Ives, is a play centered on two characters and one setting. The story is about a girl, a guy, and the ability to make a good first impression. Although, there is a saying that you never get a second chance, yet in this play you do. The writer separates each conversation with a bell sound, which stands for the conversation resetting to give them another chance. There are many ways to look at this play whether it represents timing, pickup lines, or first looks, all

In life humans typically don't try again after failing at many things. Instead they generally give up and not coming back to it. "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure" (Twain). In order to be able to succeed, you have to fail at something. Ignorance can be tied into failing because when you do something for the first time you probably don't know what you are doing. When you do fail, you should try again and grow off of your mistakes which also ties into

Two or Three Things I Know For Sure Allison illuminates the fact that we as women must appreciate each other and our beauty before we can truly cherish other forms of beauty around us. "Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that of we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form"(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men see as beautiful, that we don 't even know what it means to us. If we can get to the point where women feel

Sure Things by Davis Ives Analysis In 1988 David Ives created “Sure Things” a short play One-act comedy where he explores many possibilities of a common social daily life situation; dating. With only two characters, Betty and Bill, common names for common people and with fine humor and critic vision, using a peculiar and functional language the author reveals in many ways how this every day activity can have a different outcome, depending in the moment, chosen words, characters mood, personality

human lives. Yet, it is something that some people really struggle with. This theme is portrayed in both David Ives’ one-act short play Sure Thing and the short story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway. Sure Thing comes from Ives’ collection, All in the Timing, which includes many ten-minute plays dealing with irony, timing and language (Green). In Sure Thing, both parties handle communication in different ways. The play is packed with irony, humor, intense characterization, and satire

My favorite entertainer, singer Miguel Jontel Pimentel, has captured my heart with his beautifully unique appearance, personality, and voice. One day after school, I went home and turned on the television to find a music video of his hit song “Sure Thing.” I was mesmerized by the smoothness of his voice, the metaphoric lyrics of the song, and the nostalgic effects of the video itself. The entire video left me enchanted and wanting more. After the video went off, I did my research on who he was and

What I Know For sure By Tavis smiley Dreams are very important in person’s life without dreams there will be no goals to reach or ambition to chase. In the novel ‘’What I know for sure’’ by Tavis smiley, Tavis know for sure that he wants to become a successful person and in order to be that person he needs to be motivated and have faith in himself. Tavis stated ‘’From my mother, I have been blessed with abiding faith. From my father, I have learned that progress is made through hard work, I believe

Are You Sure We Got Rid of Books? The world is moving fast, and telecommunications are running as fast as possible. Can you imagine your life without your tablet or cell-phone? These devices have become huge parts of our lives. We are addicted to them, moreover, we are totally forgetting what our parents and grandparents used to get their knowledge. We’ve already forgotten how awesome of a feeling it is to open a book with a cup of coffee, to become a part of this plot, to live a story