Boys next door. Act II

The second act of Boys next door was very interesting. It was not as funny as the first act, however i kept telling myself that this would make a great movie. At the end of this play, i did not really see a moral, or theme or some 'insight into the world'. It was kind of a real life situation. I was a little shocked as Jack decided to leave and get a new job at the traveling agency. The author just randomly put that scene in there without a warning and i had to reread it to make sure it was saying what i thought it was saying. This part was very sad, because i felt compassion for the boys. They were loosing Jack, and Jack seemed to hold them together. Now they had to start all over with someone knew. Also, the scene with Barry's father was very sad. I felt so bad for Barry. He was so excited to see his father and he talked about it in almost every conversation that he had with someone. He went out and bought new shoes and got all dressed up to see his father who left him. Then his father walks in and physically beats him and curses him out. This was very disturbing and I felt compassion for him. It is sad, because this kind of thing actually happens in real life. His father got him some old chocolate and Barry doesnt even like chocolate. I wondered to myself," How lonely Barry must feel". then the saddest part is when Barry says to a closed door, "Dad, I am a pro golfer now". He just wanted to make his father happy. This also reminds me that they are human just like us and they have emotions just like us, (who are not mentally handicapped, because, after all, who is normal?) But i think that sometimes we tend to think that the mentally handicapped are some different species who we are intimidated by and tend to ignore. But they are humans just like us, who care. One thing that i saw was how Lucien tried so much to help Jack when he had a small cut on his finger. He was willing to do anything for him. But this just proves my point that they are just like us, they just have abnormal abnormalities than we have. One question that i did not get answered was why did Norman want to show Sheila the bathroom so bad?