Why does Clay put a gun in his mouth? Does he seem to be seriously considering suicide?
What will be an ideal response?
- There’s certainly enough gone wrong in his life to drive a man to want to kill himself. His wife can’t stand him, his son is ashamed of him, he literally makes his living as a loser—and now even that has been taken from him. No doubt his manic optimism is a way of fending off depression, if not outright despair. Still, as the stage direction tells us, “he then, as a little boy might, twirls the gun on his finger, and pretends what it’d be like to shoot himself in the head. . . . in strange fun.” Even when he puts the gun in his mouth, he only “holds it there for a second or two with his hand, then lets go.” He may be flirting with the idea of ending it all, if only as an escape option to keep him from feeling hopelessly trapped, but he doesn’t seem terribly serious about it.
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Anders gesagt. Schreiben Sie jeden Satz mit dem Wort in Klammern um, wie in dem Beispiel.
Beispiel: Ich kann das nicht machen. (unmöglich) Das ist mir unmöglich. Er sieht aus wie sein Vater. (ähnlich) ______________________________________________________________________________
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paycheck. a) him b) himself
Cola und Mineralwasser kauft man .
a. im Schuhgeschäft b. im Supermarkt c. in der Metzgerei