Response to Course Material

Juxtaposition. To position things next to each other to show contrast. This describes our class. Reading and comparing articles to Albee's "The American Dream" and each other we have come to a much better understanding about this play. Although the articles are interesting because, the Socratic discussions are more helpful. This is because we tie everything together during these discussions and see opposing opinions. 

Although most people avoid confrontation, I believe it is important in our conversations. We can not hope to improve our knowledge if we are never challenged and so each position adds to our knowledge. The debate about whether Albee's play is a farce or a satire shows this as the conclusion is made that it may be a mixture of both; that his unique play may not fit into one category. 

The human brain is constantly trying to organize every thought, so this work proposes a challenge. The diction is informal but the man behind it is a genius. His use of malapropism with the changing of "bundle" to "bumble" shows his  careful thinking. To an unsophisticated person this can go undetected, just as the whole play's representation goes undetected by those who believe it is a play that is a theater of the absurd play, but to Mrs. Holmes students, who know that it is not theater of absurd, this word play does not go unnoticed. 

Many connection are made in class that I would not have thought of, just think about the doll house.