In the play Gary’s House the compose Debar Oswald used dialogue to convey the idea that significant disaster in one’s life can act as a catalyst for one to reassess their life and reform their ways in their play. Gary inherits a block of land which is a joined with his sister, but he uses the land to build a house for his 19 years old pregnant angry girlfriend. The construction of the house is a symbolism of the characters live. Bebra Oswald used dialogue to connect the velation ship of the characters importance the contact before/after Gary’s death.
Gary is a hard worker, likes to finish what he starts even though he does not have much to start with. A dialogue that shows this is “got no choice. Gotta finish in time” said by Gary to Dave, it shows us that Gary wants to finish the house as soon as he can. Gary is a man that was affected by his childhood and he is easily agitated. Even though Gary is much older than his girlfriend ‘sue-anne’ he is really protective over her and has a clear understanding with her, mostly he is a loving and caring man that’s been through a lot in his past. Gary’s girlfriend Sue-anne is 19 year old pregnant teen with bad temper.
She is immature, unappreciative, attention seeking and has a big negative side of her. She also has a clear understanding with Gary. Dave in act one was just an observer as he doesn’t physically aid anyone, also he reluctant to connect with Gary or Sue-anne. Mostly Dave was a random guy who chats up with Gary. Through the dialogue we see that Dave is a lazy, clam, quiet and collected to himself. A dialogue that shows this is “Ooh no, mate. Too much hard slog in building” Oswald highlights the idea that Gary wants the house done and Dave is slowing him down.
Dave: you’ll kill yourself, mate- working like that in the heat of the day. Gary: got no choice. Gotta get it finished in time. In scene four Gary starts to convey some of his life story’s to Dave and connect more than before. Through the dialogue the audience is given an insight into Gary’s childhood and up bring and are able to farm an understanding of what has caused Gary’s emotional. Dave: He was a miserable old bloke. It was a miserable house Gary: I was always dead set to kill my father. In the dialogue between Gary and Dave in scene three, it becomes clear that both have had undesirable family upbringings.
Furthermore, this dialogue also highlights Gary’s reason’s for being so pedantic about finishing up the house. However the dialogue is also showing that this is not just a ‘last chance’, but his only chance to have something of a normal and stable family life. Christine is Gary’s older sister that feels sorry for herself. Christine is a lonely person with loads of needs; she can not control her temper with others. Through the dialogue it shows that Christine is direct “is it too much to ask one of the solutions to call me back”.
Through the dialogue it shows that Christine and Gary were forced to grow up by themselves. Christine owns the other half of the land; she wanted nothing to do with Gary and his half of the land. Through the dialogue it shows that the moment that Christine joined was the moment that everything for Gary was crashing down. It’s was a focus on Gary and Sue-anne; mostly there was a lot of tension on their relationship and also Gary can not build his and Sue-anne’s house, A dialogue that shows this is said by Sue-anne to Gary “where are we gonna live?
Where’s the baby gonna live? ” The highlight of the house not getting built and Sue-anne live moved Gary to comprehensive commits suicide. In the dialogue it shows that Sue-anne is ended the adoption and wants to keep her baby. Not only Gary’s death changes her mind about the baby, yet even about living in the house that Gary did not finish. Also she decides that she wants to finish building the house and live in it with her child. In the dialogue this shows that when Sue-anne is telling Dave “Nuh. I’m not going back.
Me and Clint are staying here” Christine shows a big change towards Sue-anne after Gary’s death by dialogue. However in the dialogue this is when Christine said to Sue-anne “look, Sue-anne – I’ve said I won’t leave you feel okay to be by yourself” that dialogue is also showing the role which Gary filled in act 1. The line said by Christine to Dave “if I paid a local builder, could they get it liveable by winter” The dialogue shows that Christine starts to agree with Sue-anne on finishing the house and wants to help as much as she can.
Dave shows a great different in what he becomes in act 2, the dialogue displays a new person that decides he is going to stay with Christine and sue-anne; also he does not want to abandon in them. Just like the way he started of with Gary, did not know him much and did not care about him till he heard a little of his life story. Through the dialogue it shows that not only Dave allows himself to connect with sue-anne and Christine on a personal and also emotional level, yet he offers emotional support to them.
Through the dialogue Dave shows these connections then develop into romantic feeling for Christine, this is showed by dialogue “stay, please stay” Mostly Dave went from being lazy to helping them at the end when they needed him, through the dialogue shows that he changes from an observer into a operative, working to finish the house with Sue-anne and Christine.
Conclusion
Through the dialogue and interactions of the characters and the contrasts in characters actions, Oswald conveys the idea that a significant tragedy in an individual’s life can act After Gary’s death his family smite.
