Post 20 | The Boys Next Door | Act I

Honestly I am not a big fan of reading plays. Put simply they are difficult to track with as far as plot and overall purpose of the play; at least when reading them out of a book. Although with “The Boys Next Door” I made it my purpose to at least understand the charters the best I could. The introduction begins with Arnold introducing himself, who may very well be my favorite character. He is one of five guys living in an apartment and is definitely the most nervous out of all of them. I think the reason I like this character is because his nervousness played in advantage to his honesty. Although that may not be particularly true throughout the story I feel his tone in the play is an honest one. Only one page into reading you see him expressing his honest doubts about asking a manager how many boxes of “Wheates” to purchase. Lucien is another character in the apartment that I believe may be the most awkward within the group. When reading I though a few of his lines were typo’s, or maybe I read the text wrong, but I came to discover that the text was exactly as awkwardly worded as I read it when he talked. He didn’t exactly phrase his sentences as your everyday person. These are the characters that were easiest to follow. They were to an extent humorous while they position in the play is kind of dynamic. I feel if I re read I may to able to tie in the characters all together and understand their positions better. This although is my initial reaction to the play. I feel continuing to learn the characters and despite my experience with play, the plot as well, will make this an overall enjoyable read.