sure thing

The play, Sure Thing, is so silly. At first, I didnt understand what was going on and i thought Bill had dementia or something. Then, I realized somebody is hitting the rewind button when the conversation goes sour. This let Bill have many do overs until he said something right to Betty. I would have realized this more quickly if i saw the play performed. The play shows an infinite amount of possible variations until Bill and Betty got the happy ending. My initial thought of the bell's constant ringing was that the place must really busy. That is why Betty was being pestered by Bill because Bill couldnt find a waiter. However, the bell really signifies the rewind button. It represents the fresh start. It is the second, third, fourth... chance to impress Betty. The play also emphasizes the embarrassing conflicts when boy meets girl and dating. The play showed all the possible ways that can be said by a guy or a girl to screw up a conversation. Because of this, it showed the possibilities or impossibilities of romance, love, and the crazy world of dating. However, the characters push through all the impossibilities to make it work. Even though the characters pushed through what seemed to be endless impossibilities to get a happy ending, I wonder if there new found relationship will actually work. Maybe the reason the conversation failed so many times was because it wasnt meant to be.

Other than that, i thought the play was cute and a knee-slapper.

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Livin in Sin

From what I understand, there is this married couple living in a studio apartment. The wife comes to realization that marriage is not about a fairy tale ending. The husband "yawn[s]" and "went out for ciggarettes"(807). He no longers shows the affection and attention to his wife. Their marriage lost the excitement. Just like the keyboard is "out of tune", so is their marriage. The marriage is off key. The sound of marriage is not as delightful as it used to be. The marriage is boring. The wife does the same routine over and over by cleaning and she is expecting the same old routine the next day. This is because she would pick up the "scraps of last night's cheese".The wife is also being unfaithful to her husband. She is even distracted enough to "let the coffee-pot boil over the stove" by the thought of the other man. She is so frustrated due to the dissatisfaction of the marriage that she is hoping to be satisfied elsewhere. She is even frustrated with her husband. It seems like she sort of wants him to know that she has a dirty little secret. When she is "jeered by the minor demons", she " pulled back the sheets" like she was trying to reveal a secret.

The sin is infidelity.

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Back before eHarmony

The poem, "Lonely Hearts", focuses on people that have posted personal ads in the paper. These personal ads posted have a brief description of who the characters are and what they are looking for to fill the hole in their life for a brief moment or for a life time. Lonely people searching for a love interest or for something lustful. The first stanza is about a male character searching for a female companion to bike the Tour de France with him. The male character is hoping the female is in his local area, North London. The second ad is, well, about a gay vegetarian looking for a person with common interests. The third ad is about a typical horny old fart that is tired of his same routine and needs someone to spice up his life. It seems that these people are fantasying about their ideal girl or guy. To burst their bubble, it is not going to happened either. These people have already set expectations and it is not going to be filled by some ad. The author seems to be mocking how ridiculous people can be and how desperate people can be. Its ridiculous how some people can easily tell the world " hey, i am having trouble in this department" and also easily tell the public about their fantasy. Fantasies are just fantasies. These people will merely get disappointed. You might say that these people are too busy from their work to go out and find someone. So, they post an ad. Well, if they are busy to find someone then they are definitely too busy to be with someone.

These people started being lonely and will end up being lonely again.

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1 Girl + Bunch of Boys = PARTAY!

It seems to me the poem is about a mother that takes her daughter to a pool party with a bunch boys. Said and done is what I would say but apparently I have to go beyond that. The girl is said to be wearing a bathing suit with "hamburgers and french fires printed on it". Other than the obvious title of the poem, the girl is still a child. Any person wearing a goofy bathing suit has to be a kid. This kid does not worry or get embarrassed about her appearance when there is party full of boys. She is not trying to be cute or flirtatious when she around the pool, like a girl from Ridgemont High. She is still this innocent little kid that wants play in the pool. This kid is apparently a whiz at math with all the poem's references to math. In her mother's eyes, the child will be successful in life through her apparent intelligence which has developed so young. The mother is also witnessing her child developing into a women. The "sweet" child begins to notice the opposite sex and begin to do "wild multiplying" in her head. She begins to realize these guys are not that bad looking. The child is overwhelmed with a rush of new feelings and it is happening so rapidly. This can also indicate that the child's innocence is fading away. The mother must feel so sad to witness that her daughter is growing up. Yet, she must feel so proud for raising a smart kid.

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A Drowning Incident

The scene about the cricket foreshadows not only death but also how the puppies must of died. The innocent puppies must have died with a fight and struggled to get away from its killer just like the cricket. It states that the child "saw it and reached for it, but it sprang, bumping against the facing of the seat and falling to the floor again. He stepped on it quickly, then picked it up". Out of curiosity, he crushes the innocent insect. Once the child witnesses the death of the cricket, he begins losing or killing his innocence. Remember, curiosity killed the cat. Then, the child dumps the helpless cricket and feeds it to the the black widow just like the puppies were fed to the depths of the water.

The reason the child dumped the soggy wet dog next to the baby was because he was jealous. He was jealous that the child had his innocence and he wanted to take it away from him like it was taken away from him. He was furious that he had to witness the horrors of death. So, he took it out on the baby. He also wanted to revenge upon the person who told him that the puppies were taken to a new home.

Harrison Burger

Yet another dystopian short story. Just kidding. I loved the story. It just inspires me to read some more books I have yet to read. This story presents a terrifying view of the future. I mean, we are probably heading that anyway. For instance, look at the way we live today and our history. I mean, it could not hit us in our faces any more harder. Over many many years, we strive equality. People have been striving for some sort of equality like with sexes, races, gay marriages, and anything else we can think of. Eventually, all the aspects of my life and your life will be equal and we will lose our individuality on our way to this glorious inevitable future. How do we prevent this? Simple. We do not let stupid people run the country. How do we prevent that? We, the people, should not elected stupid people. How do we prevent that? The society should be as educated as it can be. Otherwise, we are going spiraling downward so fast that it is going to be difficult to even get back up. I really hope stories such as this one, 1984, Brave New World, Anthem, and other novels of that nature does not hold the society's fortune cookie. I hope we are not stupid enough to let it happen. If it does, then call me Harrison Bergeron because I will never sacriface my individuality for anything that will deform humanity.

saboteur

This story was quite interesting and way better than any Faulkner story. In Jin's story,I found it ironic that Mr. Chiu was huffing and puffing about the policemen and that they were being unfair and unjust to an innocent individual. However, at the end of the story, I found it unfair and unjust that eight hundred innocent people contracted and six innocent individuals died from acute hepatitis from which I assumed was from Mr. Chiu. I know he did it out of rage but from the beginning of the story I knew he was weak and I knew he was going to do something stupid. I realized he was weak when Jin described Mr. Chiu having a "thin jaw" and he was suffering from liver problems due to acute hepatitis (170). Mr. Chiu must have married the perfect gal because she is just as weak and stupid as he is. I assumed she is weak when Jin described her as pale and wearing wire glasses. Her wire glasses are fragile just like her. She is also suffering and complaining from her health. She indicated that she has a headache. Like I said she is stupid, this is because she sent a lawyer and the only experience he has in law only concerned with "extramarital affairs" (174). Mr. Chiu even called his wife a "stupid women" (174). I know I sound like I am complaining but I am not. It was just something I noticed. :]

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