Sunday, November 8, 2009

Top 'O the Morning To Ya!

Hello again! It's Caitlin :) 

Yet again, in class we have finished another book, well play actually: The Playboy of the Western World. Now being Irish and everything, I absolutely loved it, especially since I got to use my Irish accent while reading aloud most of the time. 

But I found that there is a tiny bit of connection between this play and my Big Question. The character of Christy has "killed" his father at least 2 times throughout the play. In this small village in Ireland where the setting of the play takes place, everybody either worships and admires Christy like the villagers, or wants to take advantage of him, like the Widow Quinn and Shaun. But the one character that does anything remotely "right" in this play is none other than Old Mahon, Christy's da. 

When Old Mahon comes back, it would seem that he should kill Christy for "killing" him. But he doesn't. He ends up forgiving Christy and taking care of him. He ended up doing the right thing even though everyone around thought that it was the wrong thing to do.  

And finally, here's something to put you in the Irish mood. It always brightens my day :)