- main character: Nia, single working class mother, 'on the edge' --> trying to parent her son and save him from the "school-to-prison" pipeline - exhaustion: physical, mental - strained relationships with her son Omari, ex-husband Xavier, possible relationship with Dun? - Use of poem - "We Real Cool..." by Gwendolyn Brooks --> school to violence or crime, to death - discrimination and racism? - public school vs. private school education, assimilation --> Omari feels he will benefit more by being around people who have the same background as him - the use of silent moments, intense looks (the ending) - what is Jasmine's role in the play? Her character seems a little bit unnecessary - Jasmine and Omari relate to each other, from the same background - Omari feels like his...
Genre 1: Tragedy Setting: a hospital room, a man hooked up to machines in a coma breathing through a ventilator, not conscious. In a chair next to the bed sits a man resting his arms and head on the bed. Characters: The visitor (the man in the chair) and the patient (man in the bed). The man in the bed is unconscious, so this conversation is actually between the visitor and himself. The visitor is the unconscious man’s longtime friend who is visiting him after a serious accident before he is unplugged. The visitor speaks both parts as if he is having a conversation with his friend. Part A is the visitor's interpretation of his friends’ voice and part B is the visitor's own voice. A: Well B: How are you A: I’m not all that well really B: Why What’s the matter A: The usual things (man chuckles a little and grimaces at this… his friend was always a joker) How are you B: I’m fine A: Mmm It’s been a long time B: Yes I ...
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