up by this revelation and somehow, immediate start to their suspicion as fear. illogically, wildly, frightened.” (stage notes) Their suspicion grows as they wonder Their suspicion emerged from surprise, immediately changed to why Goodman didn’t seem interested in fear, and now they’re identifying other differences between whatever flew over them and didn’t go him and others, finally (in short order) identifying him in a out with the rest of them to look. It Suspicion negative way: an oddball. This shows the immediate grows into the identification of destruction of suspicion. Goodman as an “oddball.” “In this brief fraction of a moment they Already, their suspicion moves into some sort of thoughtless take the first step toward a action. Their would-be action at the house is unclear, but the metamorphosis from a group into a shift from group to mob makes it obvious that the result would Scapegoat mob. They begin to head have been negative, potentially violent, had Steve not purposefully…toward the house at the intervened. end.” (stage notes) Despite Goodman’s protestations, the In their fear and search for a scapegoat, they continue to build accusations continue, including the evidence against Goodman, despite the existence of logical possibility that he’s “waiting for explanations, and despite the wildness of their accusations. Scapegoat something” while star-gazing. “As God is my witness…you’re letting Scapegoat This is a quote from Les Goodman, in which he identifies their something begin here that’s a and irrational and fear-filled search for a scapegoat as the beginning nightmare!” (Goodman) Suspicion of something terrible. “Let’s pick out every idiosyncrasy of Although Steve’s speech is hyperbolic and sarcastic, he is every single man, woman, and child on describing the mad and dangerous path the people are on, Suspicion the street. And then we might as well searching for everything that makes anyone different and using and set up some kind of a kangaroo court. those normal differences to fire suspicion. Scapegoat How about a firing squad at dawn?” (Steve)
up by this revelation and somehow, illogically, wildly, frightened.” (stage notes) immediate start to their suspicion as fear. Their suspicion grows as they wonder why Goodman didn’t seem interested in whatever flew over them and didn’t go out with the rest of them to look. It grows into the identification of Goodman as an “oddball.” Suspicion Their suspicion emerged from surprise, immediately changed to fear, and now they’re identifying other differences between him and others, finally (in short order) identifying him in a negative way: an oddball. This shows the immediate destruction of suspicion. “In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward a metamorphosis from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully…toward the house at the end.” (stage notes) Scapegoat Already, their suspicion moves into some sort of thoughtless action. Their would-be action at the house is unclear, but the shift from group to mob makes it obvious that the result would have been negative, potentially violent, had Steve not intervened. Despite Goodman’s protestations, the accusations continue, including the possibility that he’s “waiting for something” while star-gazing. Scapegoat In their fear and search for a scapegoat, they continue to build evidence against Goodman, despite the existence of logical explanations, and despite the wildness of their accusations. “As God is my witness…you’re letting something begin here that’s a nightmare!” (Goodman) Scapegoat and Suspicion This is a quote from Les Goodman, in which he identifies their irrational and fear-filled search for a scapegoat as the beginning of something terrible. “Let’s pick out every idiosyncrasy of every single man, woman, and child on the street. And then we might as well set up some kind of a kangaroo court. How about a firing squad at dawn?” (Steve) Suspicion and Scapegoat Although Steve’s speech is hyperbolic and sarcastic, he is describing the mad and dangerous path the people are on, searching for everything that makes anyone different and using those normal differences to fire suspicion.
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