Waiting for Godot Homework

1. Both Waiting for Godot and the YouTube video Powers of Ten show us that humans are oblivious to their surroundings and go by what they see and hear. For instance, in the novel you could easily generalize Godot as being as God. A line from the book that somewhat confirmed my speculation of Godot as being God is the messenger's, the little boy, description of Godot. When asked what color was Godot's beard, the boy says "I think it's white, sir" (82). The description does fit it in with modern depictions of God. Besides the obscure description of God, in Act I when the boy was asked what the mysterious white bearded man did, the boy answered "he minds the sheep" while the boy himself "minds the goats" (43). From what I remember from my Religion class, the Lord is the lamb of God while God himself is the Shepard. So that is also another reason to show us how Godot could be God. So now how does all of this relate to the Powers of 10 video you may ask? Simple, the video itself talks about how there is more to the world than humans know. It tells us about the things we do not know that exist or are outside of our own perceptions but we do believe whatever we are told. The play shows us how two men wait for someone that probably does not exist but are relentless in their pursuit in being of this person's presence. The two men are just like many others who believe in this "idea" which has been preserved for thousands of years.

2. Simply put, Pozzo is a slave owner who seems to be wealthy while Lucky is Pozzo's slave. They are in the play because I feel like they are a reflection of Didi and Gogo. Though they seem to not like each other at all, they are incomplete without each other. Pozzo depends on Lucky to do his tasks for him as Didi is dependent on Gogo's companionship and does not want Gogo to leave his side. Both sets of duo depend on each other.

3. I feel like Didi is different from Gogo because he is more "sensible". He seems like he would be the leader of the two and make the wise decisions. Gogo seemed like a mess to me. He seems to be always injured and Didi is always there protecting him or looking out for him. Didi also seems to be more compassionate as Gogo always lingers around the idea of splitting up or parting ways but Didi does not want that.

4. Honestly, I do not know what the two are talking about as they seem to ramble and repeat themselves a lot. The two seem to be invested in the idea of meeting someone named Godot but do not when or where to meet "Godot".

5. My life can be like Didi's by being very compassionate towards all my friends because I love being around them and never like being alone. Also I can be a leader at times and I feel like Didi was the leader of the two. I can be like Gogo because majority of the times I am a follower and also I am very stubborn and picky.

6. Like I stated in #1, I do think Godot is God or the "idea" that people follow.

7. This play is cynical because it shows how Didi, through Gogo's pleas to leave, is concerned about one thing, meeting Godot. He does not want to do anything else except wait for Godot, which will probably never as the meeting keeps getting postponed. Puzzo is a better example to show how cynical the play is because of exploitation of Lucky for his own gain. Insecure people seem to be very overly cautious of their actions or try to be perfectionists. For instance, someone insecure of their looks will do whatever they can to negate their flaws such as excessive use of makeup in our scenario. The opposite of someone insecure is someone who is confident in themselves and someone who doesn't give a crap about others because they know they're in control of their own lives and not others.