imagination

Examining the human condition is appealing to any kind of audience because it offers a situation that every person can identify with and understand. At times this form of realism can cause some discomfort or awkwardness because it speaks to the innermost part of one’s soul, which usually is the hardest thing to face. Everyone must admit that there is at least one thing about their life that they wish were different, but don’t want to really face. In the play “Six Degrees of Separation,” John Guare brilliantly portrays the ugly truths of American society and reality of life. Guare emphasizes the individual’s necessity of personal significance through Paul, a young con-artist who ironically unveils the facade of those he manipulates.

Each character is initially attracted to Paul. They each have one thing in common; an “overwhelming desire to be in Cats” (68). This desire symbolizes the characters yearning for something more. Just the idea of a making a movie version of TS Elliot‘s Cats perplexes Paul’s listeners. When Paul proposes the idea of the film, Ouisa is astounded and even later questions the possibility of the film in a dream, “Sidney.

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