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Same Thirst – Different Results
Two males, one African-American, the other Caucasian, from different families, and different cities are both driven by the same thirst: to be their own bosses and to rise above the low economic status of their parents. ... Besides his mother, Amanda, Tom’s sister, Laura, also lives in the same house. ... The jobs are meaningless to these men because they do not satisfy this thirst for achieving more. ...
Tom and Walter each have plans to satisfy their individual thirst for success and do not receive support of their plans. ...
Both men are encumbered by emotional issues that impact their ability to satisfy their thirst for different lifes. ...
Throughout the ages, across race, economic status, family situation, men have struggled with the same issues of responsibilities, emotions, dreams and fulfillment. With that being said for Tom and Walter, what causes the outcomes to be so different? ...
Walter comes to terms with his thirst is now satisfied by the security of his family. The quest becomes different from the beginning of the play to the end. Walter identifies a different dream that will quench his thirst. From a different job, money, prosperity and wealth, worldly success to being the safety and security of his family. ... His thirst becomes greater to pursue his own individual destiny rather than being pulled down by the emotional neediness the two women with whom he lives.
In spite of having so many similarities in respect to family and economic status at the beginning of each play, by the end the resolution for each men’s life the resolution follow very different paths.
Approximate Word count = 1284
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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