Question

What can be inferred about the author of "Life Without Go-Go Boots" from this statement: "She’s in school now, and I’m very quickly remembering what school is about: two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind?" What other statements in the essay support this assertion? Click here to view the essay.

Answer 1

Playwrights create characters that will directly impact the plot of the play by creating and resolving conflict. The conflicts the characters are involved in reveal key themes in the play. In addition, characters are used to have a direct effect on the audience by causing them to feel a certain way about them and the subject matter.