Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Essay
2001 Novelists and playwrights have often seen madness with a "discerning Eye." Select a novel or play in which a character's apparent madness or irrational behavior plays an important role. Then, write a well-organized essay explaining this delusion or eccentric behavior and how it might be judged reasonable. Explain the significance of the "madness" to the work as a whole.
There are tons of things in this world that can cause a person to go crazy or to have Irrational behavior. Some people go crazy because of love or because something traumatic happened to them when they were young and some were just born that way. In the case of Buddy in the Diviners he was traumatized by a horrible incident as a kid. It caused to have several disabilities and quite an unusual fear of water.
Buddy’s madness is pretty much one of the main parts of The Diviners, with out it there will basically be no play. His fear of water plays a huge role in this story. His fear all started from when he almost drowned as a child. Not only did he almost drowned he also lost his mother, his mom died trying to save him. Because of the incident Buddy now has several disabilities and fears. But out of his disabilities he also got a very special gift in return. It might seem a little ironic but Buddy became very good at using the divining rod. The divining rod is a split stick that some people claim they can use to find new sources of water. Once C.C. comes to town he begins working buddy, buddy slowly starts to realize that the water isn’t so bad after all. Because buddy is terrified of the water this means that he doesn’t shower or bath, he is covered in dirt and he is always complaining about his skin itching. Its not until it starts to rain and buddy gets a little wet that he starts to realize that the water would wash the dirt off of him that he realizes that water really isn’t that bad.
Buddys madness is key through out the entire play, with out it there would be no play, there would be no show. Buddy is the main character and so of course with out him it wouldn’t be the same any more. Buddy is the story, and buddys story is about his fears and unusual abilities.
There are tons of things in this world that can cause a person to go crazy or to have Irrational behavior. Some people go crazy because of love or because something traumatic happened to them when they were young and some were just born that way. In the case of Buddy in the Diviners he was traumatized by a horrible incident as a kid. It caused to have several disabilities and quite an unusual fear of water.
Buddy’s madness is pretty much one of the main parts of The Diviners, with out it there will basically be no play. His fear of water plays a huge role in this story. His fear all started from when he almost drowned as a child. Not only did he almost drowned he also lost his mother, his mom died trying to save him. Because of the incident Buddy now has several disabilities and fears. But out of his disabilities he also got a very special gift in return. It might seem a little ironic but Buddy became very good at using the divining rod. The divining rod is a split stick that some people claim they can use to find new sources of water. Once C.C. comes to town he begins working buddy, buddy slowly starts to realize that the water isn’t so bad after all. Because buddy is terrified of the water this means that he doesn’t shower or bath, he is covered in dirt and he is always complaining about his skin itching. Its not until it starts to rain and buddy gets a little wet that he starts to realize that the water would wash the dirt off of him that he realizes that water really isn’t that bad.
Buddys madness is key through out the entire play, with out it there would be no play, there would be no show. Buddy is the main character and so of course with out him it wouldn’t be the same any more. Buddy is the story, and buddys story is about his fears and unusual abilities.
Movies? Nope
Yep, it was pretty surprising to me to but no one has thought to make it into a full length feature film. It is such a good play and it probably wouldnt be hard to make into a movie I think that they need to do it soon.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The rest of it....
Well I just finished reading it and i have to say that it was really good. Im not sure what I thought of the ending quite yet but it was sad. C.C. had been working with buddy for a while and eventually buddy discovered that water isn't necessarily a bad thing. As Buddy got used to the water C.C. thought that it would be a good idea for him to take buddy down to the river. C.C. slowly got buddy into the river but he slipped and ended up falling in. Because Buddy has never liked the water before he had no clue how to swim. C.C. tries to save him but was unsuccessful.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
so far....
So far its a pretty good play, I think that its a little ironic how buddy is afraid of the water and C.C.'s last name is Showers. The divining rod is in this case a spilt stick that some believe can be used to find sources of water. Buddy has a special "power" and is able to use the divining rod very well. This is also ironic because Buddy is terrified of anything to do with water because he had almost drown as a kid and even refused to bath. In that same incident Buddy lost his mother, she died trying to save him.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Publication
The play The Diviners was first published The Samuel French company in 1981, the play was first produced in 1990.
A little bit about Jim Leonard Jr
Surprisingly it was quite hard for me to find any information about Jim leonard Jr. Wikipedia didnt even seem to have much on him. All I could really find is a list of a few other plays that he has written. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsL/leonard-jr-jim.html.
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