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arikrupnik / the-heir

He's running from responsibility. She's saving the world. They have thirty days to deal with what their families left in store for them
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Tom's longing for large, extended family #12

Closed arikrupnik closed 6 years ago

arikrupnik commented 6 years ago

Tom grew up without an extended family, mostly even with one parent at a time. He envies people with large family gatherings, lots of cousins and big families. Act I establishes this wish.

In Act II, Tom traces his family tree and resolves his confusion about who is who and how they relate to him. He comes to associate different artifacts from the storage unit with specific family members. He uses magnets on the inside of his metal storage unit to trace the family tree. This growing tree shows the passage of time.

In Act III, Tom reaches out to living family members to pick up their artifacts. Everyone shows up on the same weekend and they have a picnic or a party in the storage yard--without planning it, Tom created the family reunion he always dreamed of. Some of the cousins may even provide additional insight into family history. When Drake shows up to pick up his stuff, he drops into the middle of this gathering; when he tries to bully Tom, he finds the entire family staring at him--Tom has brought them together and they are his friends. Drake's overthrow is the more complete for this public aspect.

DaltonElza commented 6 years ago

The magnets Tom uses may be a part of his childhood toys, and using them to build his family tree is a nice way of bringing his childhood into his present.

arikrupnik commented 6 years ago

This is now in the treatment.