Critical Thinking blog #4

               Analyzing the Play written by Caryl Churchill 
               I really liked this play because the ' scientific;' perceptive was mentioned, and also human emotions on each of the characters.

         The father of the sons ‘Salter’ didn't realize the scientist made twenty clones instead of one, and so ‘Salter’ is faced with having to tell one of his sons that he is not the original, and which is the son that lived with him his whole entire life. Since, ‘Salter’ had to tell the other the bad news,  of course they all responded differently. In fact, ‘Salter’ had one of his sons cloned is explained with a couple of different  reasons. For instance, in  this line we see that the author insist the readers to analyze whether; the father thought of this experiment before going through the cloning procedures e.g. this shows that the son reacts in a selflessness way. Example, B2: says, “because there's this person who's identical to me”- Salter replies- “he's not very like but very something terrible which is exactly the same genetic person”-  B2 then mentions “and I don't like it” ( Churchill 176). This is a controversial, and contracting line, not only  to ’Salter’s’, but ‘B2’ feels as if he has another person that is just like him in the world, but that that he’s not comfortable with that idea. Perhaps the father should’ve thought of this problem with ’cloning’- meaning that soon or later the one of his sons would not adaptable with having someone in the world exactly  as him. Moreover, the only son who has his own name, and the only character with a first and last name, appears at the end of the play. He has a life, and feels comfortable in himself, but ‘Salter’ never feels that ‘Michael’ truly has an identity - the worrying has slipped from the sons to the father, who previously was most concerned with suing the scientist who made more clones than were agreed on. But Michael isn't particularly annoyed: Example, Michael says, “I think it's funny, I think it's delightful-  then  Salter replies: “delightful?”… Michael then mentions:” We've got ninety-nine per cent the same genes as any other person. We've got ninety per cent the same as a chimpanzee. We've got thirty percent the same as a lettuce. Does that cheer you up at all? I love about the lettuce. It makes me feel I belong”  (Churchill 197). In fact, the identity of ‘Michael’ is based more on his experiences instead he adapts to idea that ‘Clones’ don’t have the same emotions. To ‘Salter’, the cloning is always a big deal, though in what way it's a big deal changes over the course of the play. To ‘Michael’, it's an amusing choice about himself, but it doesn't change who he is e.g.  his memories, his family, and his friends. The play ends with the (to Salter horrifying) revelation that Michael likes his life.  In this play Churchill's idea was to leave wide possibilities for tremendous emotion . In fact, I can imagine ways that Salter's slow devastation through the play could end up being complex and moving.