Sure Thing by David Ives :: Sure Thing David Ives

The Play Sure Thing from David Ives examines the endless variations of boy meets girl and the turn out pick up lines. The central theme throughout the trifle displays a few varieties of a possible conversation that end with a sonorousness bell that symbolizes a chic get-go and a second hazard to make a good impression. The swift conversations begin in a coffee house with the two main and only characters atomic number 18 board and Betty. From the beginning till the end of the play one can tick off a series of pick up lines, from a man to a woman sitting in a coffee shop reading. The lines start out short and rapid with an equivalent short response from the woman. distributively line is separated by a ringing bell. All humans are tiny of their fellow human?s beings. They are critical active their looks, cars and etc. Generally there is an old saying ?you neer have a second lay on the line to make a first impression.? In this play the author uses a bell as a mechanism of separating the intercourse of subsequent pick up lines, which gives the characters another chance to make a good impression. The ringing bell represents a fresh start. It is the device which allows these two characters to commence again, it is almost like the bell that is utilise for boxing matches which divides the rounds and lets the boxer rest before the next round begins. The play begins when Betty is setting down quietly reading her book when shaft walks in. The dialogue starts out very short, Bill glances at Betty?s book which is The gruelling and the Fury by William Faulkner. In Bill?s pick up line he misidentifies the author. Generally women like to meet men who are intelligent, interesting and have a funny sense of humor. On pages 845 and 846 Beatty asks where Bill went to college and he said, ?I went to Oral Roberts University. ? (Bell.) In the next round Beatty repeats the point again but Bill said he is lying about ever going to college.