and Lee is most interesting when in regard to business. As stated in the assignment sheet

"the essence of dramatic action is conflict," I find the most enthralling action sequences

in this play to be those spurred by a conflict based on business matters.

In the beginning of True West the apparent differences between the two main

characters, brothers Austin and Lee, are their degrees of success and professional

standing. Austin is a distinguished screenwriter and an Ivy League Alumni. He has the

family, "The house, the car, the whole slam,"(True West I.i.). At the other end of the

spectrum is Lee, he's a burglar, he has lived in the desert for the last three months, he

hasn't a family, a house, or even a car. A prominent conflict scene attributed to the

changing from that of a very educated and proper person to one of a less educated person.

The entire premise of the competition in True West is somewhat exhausting to

deal, Saul reassures Austin that everything is final, all they have to so is sell the idea by

and letting Lee spout off about how he can fend for himself. Another conflict that

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Approximate Word count = 584
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)