The Boys next Door

This was a very interesting play in Act 1. As i started reading the story, i was very confused at to why arnold would by 9 boxes of weaties. As each character was introduced, i became more confused. It seemed that they were very slow, or honestly, weird. But then, Jack explains to the audience what is going on. It turns out that they are in fact mentally challenged. After i found this out, i thoroughly enjoyed reading this, because i learned more about each character as the story progressed. My favorite character is either Norbert or Barry. Barry was hillarious as he was trying to teach Mr. Hedges his golf lesson. I struggled with this some, because i kept asking myself if it was ok to laugh, because they were honestly hillarious. Is it okay to laugh at mentally challenged people? Most would say no, but for the story's sake, i laughed. Some parts i could not help it, especially because of the way that they think. It seems like it was almost impossible to have a conversation with one another, because each individual focused so much on what they were thinking instead of listening to the other one. For example, Barry kept talking about how his dad was comming home and Norbert kept talking about doughnuts and keys. Another interesting observation that i saw was that Norbert always wears his doughnut uniform. This tells me that he loves his job and it might be a major part of his identity. IT must make him proud. I still have not figured out what Arnolds infatuation with Weaties is. I thought that it was sad how the market took advantage of his disorder. Arnold seems to be the most complex character, as one can tell that he gets depressed easily. He seems to be almost normal sometimes, then he completely looses it by buying 9 boxes of weaties. We also get a good description of Jack, as we see that he is obviously a good man for doing what he does, as he seems to have the father role here in the story. All in all, this is a very well writen play, i just struggled with the moral part of should i laugh or not?