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...anguish, brings into sharp focus the human predicament. Each day we have on this earth may be our last, the last of a loved one, or of the person who runs the deli down the street. If Lola, a little deli worker from Egypt, so-willingly gave open-ended friendship, even unqualified love, to everyone, then surely, in a simple...
...Marxist revolutionary, is thrust inside the room. Although Molina nurses his fellow prisoner back to health, their relationship becomes anything but friendly: Valentin, a suspected conspirator, wants nothing to do with the "dizzy," chattering Molina. But as this tale unfolds, the cellmates come to learn the importance of friendship in this horrific world. Molina introduces Valentin to the fantasy world of Aurora (Shelby Braxton-Brooks '03) who promises to provide escape and an end to their misery with just one kiss: the Spiderwoman's Kiss of Death...
...discover their similarities in their seemingly contrasting lives, their friendship becomes strained by the prison warden's attempts to persuade Molina in obtaining the names of those involved in Valentin's rebellious plans. The warden, brilliantly played by Brian Gatten '01, promises Molina the opportunity to leave the prison and go "Over the Wall" to his dying mother. The cowardly prisoner, indifferent to his fellow prisoner's politics, thus, is left with a most difficult decision-a decision that grows increasingly complicated when Molina realizes his feelings for Valentin are more than those of friendship. What ultimately happens is shocking...
...friends is old friends," says Sandy Sheehy, author of Connecting, an examination of female intimacy. High school and college reunions draw people who share a common past--and who may be eager to share a common future. Similarly, looking up old roommates and colleagues can reignite a friendship...
...with that emotion as well. Not groping adolescent love but reflective, mature love in various forms. The Sweetest Gift explores love between a mother and a daughter (Sade wrote it for Ila); King of Sorrow is a pessimistic take on breakups; and By Your Side is a tribute to friendship...