The Boys Next Door-Act II

After the activity we did last class, I got into this play so much more. I guess actually having to portray the characters kind of made it come alive for me and more real. So when I went into reading the second act I was more engaged and actually played out the characters in my head, rather than just reading it. I actually laughed a lot in this act. I think once you (Mr. Corrigan) said it was okay to laugh at what the characters said and did I was just cracking up at them. I even teared up at part when Barry’s dad hit him. That was so sad to me and I couldn’t help but feel his pain. Not because my dad hit me, but because I was just so into the character. I really enjoyed the part where Lucien was made into this sophisticated man expressing how he felt as a mentally handicapped person. It was like he was trapped in this body with no way out. If you think about us, a lot of us feel this way too. We feel trapped sometimes with no way out. We try to do things on our own, but they don’t seem to make sense or come out right. I think that’s where God comes in and can redefine us and make us new to where we realize we’re trapped and it isn’t who we truly are. Only through Him can we be who we are meant to be. So my opinion of this play has definitely changed from my first reading of Act I. I honestly think if it wasn’t for the activity and you (Mr. Corrigan) giving us notes and explaining the play better I wouldn’t have really gotten into this play and enjoyed it like I did. So thanks for that. I will probably read this play again as a matter of a fact.