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Athol Fugard
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1950, Port Elizabeth in southeast coast of South Africa
the play takes place in the year ____ and is set in ___
hally, sam, willie
the three main characters are:
set in a run-down tea room with heavy rain outside
describe the opening scene
hilda is his girlfriend and his dancing partener
what is willie’s relationship to hilda
hilda cannot dance well and does not come to practice
what is the conflict between willie and hilda
poorly; willie hits hilda
how does willie treat hilda
he doesn’t know if hilda’s baby is his own (thinks she cheated on him)
why do you think willie treats hilda in that way
gets the paddle (beat up)
how does hally get punished for drawing a picture of his teacher
you got beat up (like getting the paddle) in jail
what does share sam about a similar experience to when hally got punished fro a drawing a picture of his teacher
charles darwin, leo nikoldevion tolstoy,
list the men of magnitude that hally chooses
abraham lincoln, shakespeare, jesus, alexander fleming
list the men of magnitude that sam chooses
fleming
who are the men of magnitude the sam and hally agree upon
juxtaposition of science vs god; few go to the theology section so he wanted to prevent ppl from taking it; fugard is not a religious man
why do you think hally hides the drawin book in the theology section? what does this reflect about fugard?
5 years
for how long has hally been educating sam
joe louis, max schleming, fred astaire, ginger rogers, rita hayworth
which famous americans had a profound effect on these characters at this time period
when sam made a kite and they flew it together
what is hally’s most favorite memory between him and sam
tomato-box wood, brown paper, flour, water, mother’s old stockings, bits of strings
what was the kite made out of?
thought that him and sam would make fools out of themselves attempting to fly the kite
what was hally embarrassed about
it lost its soul
what does hally say when the kite dies down to the ground
two score and a five (45)
how old is sam
the kite flyers
what does hally suggest would be a good subject for a short story
a twist in the ending
what is missing from the story hally tells
dad is coming home from hospital, dad is a cripple, hally doesn’t want his dad to return
what do we find out from hally’s first phone call with his mother
no because he is taking out his anger against his dad on willie
is hally justified in lashing out at willie and hitting him with ruler
hally defines as giving of meaning to matter; sam adds beautiful and brings happiness; sam considers ballroom dancing as art
how does hallly define art? what quality does sam add? what does sam consider art?
wants to write about it for his essay
why is hally suddenly intersted in learning about the details of ballroom dancing
ballroom dancing is like being in a dream about a world where accidents dont happen; if we dont know we bump into eachother
what does sam compare ballroom dancing to? what happens when we don’t know what we are doing?
ghandi and the pope
who are two real people who try to teach people to get the steps right?
a dancing school for politicans
what does hally compare the united nations to
dad is coming home, he steals $ for alcohol, crippled (hally emphasizes his chamber pot), he fights with the mom
what 4 things do we learn about hally’s dad in the second phone conversation
becomes anrgy and takes his anger out on sam
how does hally react to the second phone conversation
describes crippled people dancing like broken spiders; compares the trophy to a chamber pot full of urine
how does hally parody the ballroom dancing championship
says he should not talk about his father like that and be more respectful
how does sam scold hally for his parody of the ballroom dancing championship
master harold
what does hally threaten to make sam call him
if you make me say it once, ill never call you anything again
how does sam react to hally threatening to make sam call him master harold
***africans*** ass is not fair
what kind of joke does hally share with sam
sam pulls his own pants down (moons hally)
what is sam’s reaction to hally’s joke
sam is offended, hurt, and feels disrespected; he is hurting himself more
why does sam react that way to hally’s joke? whom is he hurting more, himself or hally?
hally spits in sam’s face
what is hally’s immediate reaction to sam’s mooning
hally’s dad
whom does sam say hally’s spit was really intended for
hally asked for sam’s help to fetch his drunk dad on the hotel floor
what event precipiated sam making that kite for hally
hally loves him but is ashamed of him
how does hally really feel about his dad
sam wanted to give hally something to be proud of
why did sam really make that kite for hally
asks to try to fly another kite
what mature gesture does sam make to hally at the end
it was a whites only bench but hally was too naive to notice but if not careful he will be sitting there for a long time by himself with no kite; but he doesn’t have to sit at the bench…he has the ability to choose to walk away from it at any time
what does sam say about the signifance of the bench
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