Brighton Beach Memoirs Act 2 - Nick Finocchiaro
The way that act 2 presents itself shows similarities in the first act but also shows some differences as well. For example, The characters are always running into more and more issues. In the first act it was about Stanley with his problems at work. There was Jack's issue with the business closing. Nora and her mother were arguing about her broad way opportunity. This theme of negative situations repeats itself in the second act as well. An example of this would be that Stanley has lost all his weeks salary in a poker game and now he doesn't have any money to help out. Jack has to stay home and rest to recover from a heart attack. Nora is avoiding her mother because she said she has to finish high school. Kate and Jack are always arguing about something. Kate and Blanche were fighting and eventually caused Blanche to want to move out until she found a job. Blanche receives news that her date was in a car accident and is in the hospital. This causes her and Kate to start arguing again. Stanley feels forced to leave to join the military in hopes to make more money for the family. He comes back however since he couldn't leave his family like that. The point is that there is just a lot of negative things going on for this family. It makes me want everything to turn itself around for them so that their lives can just improve already. They have to focus on getting through each day. This leaves very little room for them to actually improve on their future. This is the common theme that I've found throughout the play.
I agree with the part about being many similarities and differences from act 1 to act 2 regarding the negative situations. I expected a big change from act 1 to act 2. I thought that their would be many changes in the form that Stanley would be able to bring in more income to support the family. Though in the end they all learned to forget about their financial situation and focus on being happy as a family overall.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the part about being many similarities and differences from act 1 to act 2 regarding the negative situations. I expected a big change from act 1 to act 2. I thought that their would be many changes in the form that Stanley would be able to bring in more income to support the family. Though in the end they all learned to forget about their financial situation and focus on being happy as a family overall.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great input Viren. I liked reading about your comment a lot. The best part about it is that you posted it not once but twice and I believe this shows how much you love blogging about this book. I also thought that there would be a significant difference between acts 1 and 2 but we were wrong. I thought Blanche was really going to go out with that nice man across the street. Maybe next time right? At least they did all become honest and come together to be happy as a family and that's what really counts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great input Viren. I liked reading about your comment a lot. The best part about it is that you posted it not once but twice and I believe this shows how much you love blogging about this book. I also thought that there would be a significant difference between acts 1 and 2 but we were wrong. I thought Blanche was really going to go out with that nice man across the street. Maybe next time right? At least they did all become honest and come together to be happy as a family and that's what really counts.
ReplyDelete