As the play unfolds and Master Harold, a seventeen-year-old boy, comes in the scene, you can almost immediately see that he has grown up too quickly. Instead of finding time for his friends, he is worried about the family business (which he stays at everyday after school.) "It's coming down cats and dogs out there. Bad for business, chaps..." Hally doesn't even enjoy the simple teenage pleasures of reading comic books. "Jungle Jim ... Batman and Robin ... Tarzan ... God, what rubbish! Mental pollution. Take them away." Just a little while later Willie, a servant of Master Harold's family, starts to play around and throws a rag at Sam, another servant and a good friend of Hally, for teasing him. The rag misses Sam and hits Hally. "For Christ's sake, Willie! What the hell do you think you're doing! Act your bloody age! ... get on with

your work" As the afternoon passes by, Hally finds himself reminiscing about past times with Willie and Sam. He never once mentions other boys his age. All of his time was spent with grown men at least twenty years older than him.

Along with Master Harold growing up too quickly and his many adult responsibilities, he denies his true feelings also. After Hally talks to his mother for the first time his emotions take a rocky turn throughout the play. He tries to explain to Sam why his mother wont be able to persuade Hally's father to stay in the hospital. "I know him when he gets in that mood. If she tries to reason with him, we've had it. She's no match for him when it comes to a battle of words." Hally tries to come across calm and only a little upset when in fact he is truly torn apart from the idea of his father coming back home. Sam and Willie are able to take Master Harold's mind off his father until the second phone call. Hally gets furious with his mother. "I hope you know what you've let us in for..." Hally's mother insists that he talks to his dad and she puts him on the phone. Hally's voice and attitude dramatically and unwillingly change. "Don't be silly Dad. You being home is just a

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)