What the desert heat can do to a man

This play was absolutely entertaining. Austin and Lee are great characters. They both represent so many things. Austin being from the new world where Lee is obviously representing the old world. Austin is sophisticated, refined, and has his life together whereas Lee is borderline illiterate, steals, and has no solid footing. Lee represents the free soul though and Austin represents the perfect American life that boxes people in. I love foils and look for them in every play we read and these two are great examples. At first I thought Lee really did something to Saul because I couldn’t even believe that he sold his story to him that easily. He is definitely a character that gets under your skin until you can tell that he he’s genuine and he loves his brother. The references to the desert and the old man are very dominant to overall meaning and outcome of the play. The desert represents a place without boundary, which Austin craves. It is important to note that they both want what each other has like any typical pair of siblings. The old man reference means that they are just as doomed as his is because they both resort to drinking. Austin even makes another important point in the second act “Yeah, well we all sound alike when we're sloshed. We just sorta' echo each other.” It’s funny to notice the significance of two acts because the play is about two brothers. Although very different, they are the same.