Lee to Austin, "I mean you never had any more on the ball than I did. But here you are gettin' invited into prominent people's houses. Sittin' around talkin' like you know somethin'...In fact I been inside some pretty classy places in my time. And I never even went to an Ivy League school either." In the play "True West" Austin, the protagonist, is a kinetic character. In the beginning of the play he is depicted as being a prominent, upper class member of society, but throughout the play he devolves into an irrational, animalistic savage of a human being. In some ways he becomes just like his older brother Lee.
             After reading the character descriptions before actually reading the play, the reader is led to believe that Austin is a traditionally dressed, "blue-collar" member of society. Lee on the other hand is described as being a grungy, grease-ball of a man, who doesn't even take care of himself. These depictions are accurately proven in the first scene of the play. Austin is a hard-working author that is house sitting for his mother while she is out of town. This is seen when Lee says to Austin, "I'm not botherin' you am I? I mean I don't wanna' break into yer' uh-concentration or nothin'...I mean I realize that yer' line a' work demands a lota' concentration." Lee is the exact opposite; he is a short-tempered, unsuccessful "child", who has amounted to nothing more than a petty thief. This is illustrated when Lee tells Austin, "Yeah. Houses. Electric devices. Stuff like that. I gotta' make a little tour first...What'sa' matter with this neighborhood? This is a great neighborhood. Lush. Good class a' people. Not many dogs...Nobody's gonna' know. All they know is somethin's missing. That's all. She'll [mom] never even hear about it. Nobody's gonna' know." At this point in the book Lee almost seems envious of Austin's success in life. He makes snide remarks such as, "Yer not gonna' have to worry about me! I've been doin'...