Blog #17

What are the absolute best parts of your class' play?

There a few parts of our play that I really liked. One that I really liked was how some of the characters in the second scene rhymed when saying who they were, I thought that was really good. Also, how every character differed from each other. They all had their own personality and it was pretty easy to notice who was who. I also liked how the playwrights added the characters from different stories, like Doris is the offspring of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. I liked how the songs that are there so far go with what the characters are saying and talking about before the song and its not just like a random song. I also liked that our play is funny like when the counselor is talking to Tyler and also the coach and just everything in general.

Check out your class' script. Cite the specific scenes, lines, and literary devices used.

Some of the literary devices I've seen in our script are characterization, rhyme, and conflict. I was able to see characterization through out the whole play like when everyone introduces each other and then how everyone has their own special character. I was able to see rhyme in scene 2 when the characters in the classroom introduce themselves. Like when Oliver says who he is he says, "The names Oliver, the tenth to be exact, when I get hungry you best get back. I'm quite shy and I can be quite sweet, but I'll shank you for a piece of meat." Then also Donny says, "I'm the head honcho, the guy to know, the emperor of cool, the star of the show, make me mad, and you'll be sorry, got a trunk full of knives in my red Ferrari." I was able to see conflict through most of the play. First because Tyler does not want to move, then because he doesn't fit in the new school and then when they steal his wallet and then also when his parents don't listen to Tyler. For example, in scene 1 in the very beginning of the play Tyler tells his mom, "Baked goods don't exactly compensate for the four years of hell that I am about to endure."