During tennis season, Mack Paine puts together a team dinner. The first time I attended a dinner, I was hesitant on how to act. Some of the kids were acting wild, and others were sitting around silently. I realized that the wild kids were Mack's friends, and by the way they knew where the things belonged, it was obvious that they had been here before, numerous times. Mack made mac and cheese for dinner (lol) and everyone ate together. Dinner was very fun because everyone was calm and talkative, which is more of my way of acting. Dinner did not last very long however, and soon everyone was screaming and running around Mack's basement. Brooke and I just sat on the couches watching everyone act like hooligans; we couldn't help but feel like outcasts.
This experience I had not too long ago reminds me of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back because of the way that Cal and Gretchen feels in this novel. Gretchen is obviously out of place in school and other places because of the way she acts, dresses and things she does. However, Cal fits in with his friends and around school, but he still feels out of place because of his family and not being the owner of a car. During my time at Mack's, I felt more like Gretchen, however I couldn't help but feel a little self conscious like Cal. I was part of the team on paper, but did not feel like it in my own mind.
This experience I had not too long ago reminds me of Until They Bring the Streetcars Back because of the way that Cal and Gretchen feels in this novel. Gretchen is obviously out of place in school and other places because of the way she acts, dresses and things she does. However, Cal fits in with his friends and around school, but he still feels out of place because of his family and not being the owner of a car. During my time at Mack's, I felt more like Gretchen, however I couldn't help but feel a little self conscious like Cal. I was part of the team on paper, but did not feel like it in my own mind.