https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv By Sophia Jin en-us 2021-11-28 18:47:14 UTC 2021-12-03 01:58:38 UTC hello@padlet.com sophiaj14 https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916530895
OMARI: You ain't here. You there. I'm here. We miles apart.

XAVIER: You're gonna respect me. Don't have to like me. Don't have to enjoy my company. But the respect is non-negotiable.

OMARI: Or what?

XAVIER: You really wanna ask me that?

OMARI: I want to know what if I say no.

XAVIER: Sometimes I want to grab you by the throat and choke the shit out of you  ]]> 2021-11-28 18:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916530895 sophiaj14 https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916580321 NYA: What did I do? Tell me.

OMARI: Ma, don't do do this.

NYA: I need to know. If I hurt you... if I misstepped. If I forgot too much or didn't know enough...

OMARI: Ma, this ain't you.

NYA: I have tried... like religiously... like an ongoing prayer... to protect you. I have tried to buffer you from it all. Tried to free you and free you. Follow instructions from your father. From other mothers. From my own mother. From whomever. And I still don't... I don't have the answer

OMARI (shaky): What do you want me to say]]> 2021-11-28 20:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916580321 sophiaj14 https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916608493 "Of course you're happy to hand me over to Gemma. You wish you never had me, don't you?"

"You know that's not true."]]> 2021-11-28 20:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916608493 sophiaj14 https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916608675 In Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, both Nya and Xavier have frustrations that they keep to themselves. Nya, in a way, is frustrated at the obstacles that are put in front of her son's future, whilst Xavier is angered by the fact his son doesn't respect him nor see him as a proper father. Omari has similar difficulties in expressing his side of the story to his mother and resent's his father's absence. Both parent and child internalize these frustrations until their internal rage builds up and explodes in many arguments in the play. Through these heated moments, Morisseau aims to portray that unspoken rage not only creates a shift in power between a parent and a child but also allows for self-blame to take the place of frustration at external factors.

Nya has thrust herself into giving Omari a future that she'd hoped for, but as she realizes this is a world where sadly the education is rigged against him, she starts putting guilt on herself in place of her frustrations at society. Similar to The Push by Ashley Audrain, where a mother feels disappointed in the fact she and her daughter are not close, both mothers initially blame the people around them, such as their kids. It isn't until all their rage, fear, and anxiety build up do they start blaming themselves as if the mistake was their actions in raising their children. Obstacle after obstacle, both parents started internalizing their frustrations after they kept down all their rage about ongoing issues about their children.

Similarly, in terms of Xavier and Omari, both parties' unspoken rage show that they are more similar to each other than they think, and portrays a shift in the power between parent and child.  Omari resents his father's absence in his life, and Xavier only wants Omari to respect him. Both characters are strikingly similar, as their mutual goal is to be closer to one another, but all the pent-up rage that had been un-communicated over the years blinds them from the truth. Xavier gets angry when Omari demands the same respect that Xavier wants from him, saying "Or what? I want to know what if I say no". Xavier then threatens to choke Omari. Once again relating to The Push, Blythe, the mother, shows her violent tendencies by painfully twisting her daughter's arm as she tells Blythe how glad she'd be if she gave her away. In both situations, both children are standing up to their parents face-to-face. Xavier and Blythe are blatantly surprised by this, and both threaten their children. Connecting these two moments, it's clear that both parents are surprised about their own actions. Blythe had thought she was a good mother, and Xavier believed himself to be a decent father. It isn't until both their children bring it up in resentment, do they showcase actions that portray their inability to accept the truth that partly the reason they are so distant with their children is because of themselves.

In conclusion, in both moments in the play, the confessions made in the arguments are usually due to the fact the characters had been holding in their frustrations, only expressing their emotions when they become too much. By connecting Nya and Xavier's relationship to Omari with Blythe and Violet from The Push, we see how unspoken rage tends to create self-blame, shifts in power between the relationship dynamic, and reveals parental inability to take the fault. ]]> 2021-11-28 20:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sophiaj14/qv4xz04nxr62mjv/wish/1916608675