The Question and Answer section for Sure Thing is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Sure Thing” is set in a café where the the two main characters, Bill and Betty, awkwardly encounter one another. During their encounter, a ring of a bell continues to disrupt their connection. Despite the constant noise of the bell, the two...
Irony and satire go hand in hand. The thesis “labels are not important” is ironic because it is the opposite of what is demonstrated in the scene—and, in fact, in the entire play. The scene shows that labels are important, because Bill can’t make...
In this play, Ives exposes how identity, including class and gender, is constructed through language, and how this, in turn, creates opportunity. In a very compact fifteen-minute play, it touches on important issues in the philosophy of language:...
