1. the whole story ofthe blackbird consist of ray pushinf una away. She comes there to explain her feelings that she's been holding back for years. To her it's important to let her feelings known so she can move on. Yet Ray is completly disturbed by this confertation and the whole time he is begging her to leave and giving her answers to her questions that make it seems that he dosent care. As time goes by and the conversation is ongoing , Ray worms up and starts talking to her in a nicer way. all the way to the point where he kisses her. It seems that Ray secret is that he never got over Una because he has a weak spot for her, or he wouldnt have kissed her if he was so disgusted by her. Also he kept leaving and if he really didnt care he would of showed it to her by not returning.
2.the story explains that una has a significant other of which dosent know about ray. I feel that if he did know he would know that Una still has a weak spot for Ray. The secret that Una is keeping from her significant other is the same as the secret Ray is keeping from Una.
3.I believe that the secret of Ray still having feelings for Una is inportant to understand the narration. the author cleary gives a perception of Ray being angry that Una came to confront him , hes pasing back and forth and telling her to leave. Why couldnt he be calm and let her say her piece and leave or be angry and leave completly and go back to work. So this secrets explains why ray is angry and very emotional in this story.
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I agree that it is important for the reader to know that Ray still has feelings for Una because it is a love story, just as the actors perceived it. If Ray were to never show these feelings, the entire play would have a different tone; Una would be like this crazy, psychologically distressed woman that simply wants someone to love them. Although that may be a good play, it is not this play. The emotions are flying everywhere in this play, and it is difficult to hang on to the true feelings and not just things said maybe out of resentment(?).
I agree as well, that Ray's feelings for Una is important. It plays a huge role on the view of this play. His feelings for Una make this play a "love story", while if he had no feelings at all that were genuine, the readers would never consider it to be love, but to be a crime and rape. Una's personality, as shown in the play on Saturday, shown that she has held on to her past for years, and it has destroyed her life. Although, her past with Ray basically caused her to be an outisder for years, she seems to have feelings in which she never turns him in, and will not yet her youthful love for him go away. This leaves the reader or someone watching the play for the first time, with many questions.
I also agree that it is important for the reader to understand that Ray still has some feelings for Una. If he did not, there would not be a story. The conflict and tension of their relationship is what makes the reader question the converstaion. It was easy to see in the play that Ray had feelings for her by the way he looked at her or attempted to touch her or hold her. I feel the play is alot more set in stone about their relationship while the book leaves the reader up to interpretation. If there were no feelings between them, why does he kiss her and why is he so confused after he kisses her. I definetly feel there is a connection between them.
I agree that it is important that the reader understandts that both Ray and Una still have feelings for each other because it is basicaly a love story. If Una didn't still have feelings for Ray then she probably woudn't have gone to see him and if Ray didn't still have feelings for Una then he wouldn't have kissed her or he would have just left. But I also think that he didn't really realize how strong his feelings were for her at first because in the bagining of the play he didn't seem all that interested in her and he almost seemed annoyed with her, but as the play progressed he became more and more interested in her. I think that seeign her again and talking to her again made him realize that he still loved her, but had to make himself not love her as much as possiable because he had a whole new life that he had to get back to.
I am not going to say that this is a love story because I do not think it really qualifies. I am not denying that there was a connection between them when they first met, and it was renewed with Una's visit, whether it is love or not is something we as readers, and spectators can not really know. For one thing Una was only 12 at the time and that is a very young and impressionable age, she would not be able to understand love fully. Also, the age difference between them was so great at the time that they wouldn't be able to relate seriousley. Ray got away with only serving the prison sentence but the changing of the name really let him get away without serving his whole sentence. So when he did get out he wouldn't be less inclined to do it again. The little girl coming in at the end leaves us with the last image of ray going away to the little girl, and a bunch of questions.
I believe that Ray has no real feelings for Una. On the fateful day when he saw her sulking in the corner, he approached her. Though
he may not have targeted her directly subcontiously I think he did. She was a vulnerable twelve year old girl and he was a lonely forty year old guy where maybe his lonelyness turned into desperation. I don't think it mattered that it happened to be Una, he was looking for any girl. He was forty and should have known that she was starting the most confusing years of her life and took advantage of her. If he did really have feelings for her then he had another chance to come back when he was released from jail or when she came of age. Instead he ran and changed his name. Had there been a part II, I would have liked to have seen Una blow up his spot and tell his wife everything and maybe even get him registered.
I agree that knowing Ray secretly had feelings for Una still after all these years is important to understanding the play. Ray said he still thought about Una sometimes which tells me he really did love her. In the play he also said how smart Una was when she was young and how she knew more about love then his other girlfriend at the time. Ray in the play to me came across as if he really still cared for Una or else he would have just made Una leave from the beginning. If Ray didnt make you believe he was truely in love you may have seen him as a child molester.
I agree that Ray may not be over Una entirely due to the fact that he told her flat out that he masturbated to the thought of her; however, the Una that he missed, if at all, was the 12 year old una. I don't think Una showed up at his job to talk to him in a way that would help her get over what happened. I believe that Una's intentions were to show up and win him back. For instance, she gets very dressed up to see him, begged him not to leave her, in some ways seduced him which is why they ended up on the floor together, and the fact that she begged him not to leave her at the end. And in addition to all that, she may have grown up in age but her psyche seemed to be stuck at 12.
I think this book is a love story and it is very important to know the true feelings of both characters. Just the fact that Una went so out of her way to see Ray and would refuse to leave when Ray asked her to shows that she does still have feelings for him. I think us knowing how many parterns she has could be a hint to she can get many guys, its just the one she cant have she wants. I think the same goes for Ray, knowing that he cant have her he wants her.
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