Radio Play

Our radio play was about a couple who was going to their grandparents house to drop off their son Jack. On the way to the house they got into an accident. It was inferred that the married couple had some big plans once they dropped off Jack. At the end of the play we learned that Lisa was cheating on her husband and was planning on leaving him once they dropped Jack off. After the car crash though she has a moment of clarity and discovers that she loves her husband and doesn't know what she would do without him.

This radio play was hard to do as it was very difficult to try and act out such a dramatic scene. I think that our group did a good job at portraying dramatic irony, as Jack just wanted to ride the tractor when he got to his grandma's house and it was a tractor that hit them. I also think that we were able to give the audience a surprise ending and a bit of a twist to the story by telling them about Lisa's partner and how she was going to leave her husband.

My favourite radio play was by Chris and Mat, they were very funny and had a good story line. They also had very good characterization. This assignment was a different way of creating a fun and exciting project. I really enjoyed listening to all of the different story lines.

Stanley from Streetcar Named Desire

Stanley was a very dominant and controlling character. This was evident within the first few scenes. At the beginning of the play he seemed very loving towards Stella and loyal to his friends. As the play progressed his true character was shown. When we first saw Stella and Stanley interact it was evident that he was controlling over her. In scene one on page 4 Stanley throws meat at Stella, insinuating that it is her job to cook it for him. She then had to ask her husband if she was allowed to watch him bowl. I find this very disturbing as it is a complete knock towards the female gender.

When Blanche came down from Belle Reve it was evident that Stanley was simply interested in her money and that he truly did not care about Blanche. His true personality was discovered once he found out that Belle Reve was lost and that there was no money to show for this. He insinuates that Blanche stole all the money and kept it for herself. He goes on about the Napoleonic Code and how what is Stella's is also his. Stanley has an issue with Blanche throughout the entire play and he finally has enough of her when he convinces Stella that Blanche is crazy. The last scene of the play is where Blanche is sent away because they simply want to go back to how they were before she came there. Or before Stella saw the real person that she married. Stanley was so controlling that Stella ultimately chose to stay with him instead of leaving like she should have.

Technology and the New Generation

Our english class was given a story about a man who was getting a divorce. The story told us how he was getting a divorce from his phone. He had found himself using his phone at every point of the day. His phone had the ability to take him away from his friends at lunch, it created a large barrier between his wife and himself and it even put him at risk when he was driving. He realized something that I only wish other people would realize. He realized that there is more to life than what you read on a screen.

What has our world come to? We let a tiny piece of technology take over our life when we should be focusing on the important things in life such as our family and friends. Our generation no longer focuses on the important things. We constantly let social media and the television define who we are and take over our lives. Every thing we know is based off of technology. If we don't know an answer to our homework we know someone who does, Google. If we want to know what time it is we always have a cell phone on us. Even if we have to do simple math that we should be able to do in our head we are unable to.

The advancement of technology is one example of why our generation will never be able to work together with other people. We have no idea how different we are from the past generations. The tiniest things that we should simply know how to do, we don’t. I was babysitting a little boy one time and he asked me what time it was. I was amazed as he was staring at the clock and was unable to tell what time it was. The little boy was 11 years old and was unable to read an analog clock. Our generation is becoming less likely to survive without technology. We know how to Google the answer when we are unsure but if it isn’t a form of technology, we most likely don’t know how to do it. We think we can do whatever we want and get away with it. We bring our phones to work and sit there and text friends when we should be working. This generation has little appreciation for what they have. Our generation has a tough road ahead of them, and if they want to succeed they need to learn how to work for what they want.