You're basing that opinion on only one play, you know. You've only read my Julius Caesar and even I don't understand half of what they're talking about. They should do what they did with the old bible: bring the language up to date
Hally and Sam have two different perspectives on the book and Hally is trying to undermine Sam's perspective just because times are different
on't confuse historical significance with greatness.
I think Hally means that what occurred in the past was not always great just because it lead to change. Bad things still occurred
ailing a maths exam isn't the end of the world, Sam. How many times have I told you that examination results don't measure intelligence?
Hally doesn't seem to care about his grades in school
hey make you lie down on a bench. One policeman pulls down your trousers and holds your ankles, another one pulls your shirt over your head and holds your arms . .
Sam has been to jail where the punishment is very similar to how they punish students
On your bum? HALLY: Where else? The days when I got them on my hands are gone forever, Sam.
As punishment students were abused
SAM: You hit her too much. One day she going to leave you for good. WILLIE: So? She make me the hell-in too much.
Sam warns Willie that Hilda will leave him because he's abusive
You're trying too hard. WILLIE: I try hard because it is hard.
Sam is trying help Willie out with ballroom dancing but Willie is having a hard time
WILLIE: I only got bus fare to go home. [He returns disconsolately to his work.] Love story and happy ending! [. . . .] Three nights now she doesn't come practice. I wind up gramophone, I get record ready and I sit and wait. What happens? Nothing. Ten o'clock I start dancing with my pillow. You try and practice romance by yourself, Boet Sam. Struesgod, she doesn't come tonight I take back my dress and ballroom shoes and I find me new partner. Size twenty-six. Shoes size seven. And now she's making trouble for me with the baby again. Reports me to Child Wellfed, that I'm not giving her money. She lies! Every week I am giving her money for milk. And how do I know is my baby? Only his hair looks like me. She's [messing]around all the time I turn my back. Hilda Samuels is a [bad woman]! [Pause.] Hey, Sam!
Willie has relationship issues with Hilda Samuels
He had two women already—one tending each of his large gardens.They put up with him in exchange for his protection.
This sounds very similar to Charlie's angels but instead the women are taking care of his needs and the bearded man is protecting them.
The illness hadstripped her, killing her children one by one, killing her husband, her sister, herparents..
Sounds very similar to the pandemic we are facing today.
Nor did she expect anyone to help her if she needed help. Thepeople around her were all strangers.
I think its pretty scary how what caused people in the town to be impaired has an affect on their way of fending for themselves.
She had heard so little coherent humanspeech for the past three years, she was no longer certain how well she recognized it,no longer certain of the degree of her own impairment.
The people who are severely impaired can no longer comprehend speech as well as those aren't as badly impaired, they can still speak.
Then he would use what he collected to feed his family or to trade. Ifhis bus did not run, he did not eat. On the other hand, if the inside of his bus wastorn apart by senseless fighting, he would not eat very well either.
I think that the bus driver didn't want to part the fights because as long as he was taking the people where they needed to be he would be able to feed his family.
Left-handed people tended to be less impaired, more reasonable andcomprehending, less driven by frustration, confusion, and anger
The people are classified in two different groups based on their dominant hand.
The bus did not move, but Rye moved away from it. She intended to wait untilthe trouble was over and get on again, but if there was shooting, she wanted theprotection of a tree.
Rye has very strong survival thinking. She always has a way to protect herself at all costs.
The driver grunted back through bared teeth. Frightened, the woman drew away.
The driver behaves almost as similar to the other men. He behaves very aggressive and nonchalant as if fights breaking out on the bus are a everyday thing.
Three more young men roared in excitement and gestured wildly. Then,somehow, a second dispute broke out between two of these three—probablybecause one inadvertently touched or hit the other.
This reveals how if the people aren't using their hands to communicate they can easily be triggered to start fighting.
Still, their gesturesstopped just short of contact—mock punches, hand games of intimidation toreplace lost curses
They use their hands to communicate.