Scene 5-9 (P. 21-35) Flashcards
Her dad undermined her, pissed on HER dreams. So what do you expect?
Right.
And holding you up in front of everybody is all part of that.
Really?
What’s going on, son?
About the shoes?
Well I brought it up with my parents. They said they don’t have the time to find me another pair. They’re just very busy at the moment, with work and everything. And we bought these before I knew about the shoes policy at Synge Street. But it’s not as if they’re tennis shoes or something, right? They’re just brown. Made of leather and everything.
But you see, they’re not black.
I’m not sure… what you want me to do. They’re shoes. They keep the rain out. Nobody really looks at…
Take them off.
What?
DUNNE
What the hell is going on here?
Oh. I don’t have black shoes. So I have to leave my brown ones in Brother Baxter’s office every day until I get some.
Well, I won’t have that in my class, Mr…?
Conor Lawlor, miss.
Well Conor, you can wear your winter boots in my class.
Thank you, miss.
The mess you and your peers have so artfully abandoned downstairs…
(To Barry)
Barry! Hey! I understand that you’re in pain. That there is a conflict within you. And that can’t be easy to deal with. You’re constantly on edge. You publicly humiliated me, so now I want to publicly forgive you.
I forgive you, Barry Bray.
Oh, Mr. Lawlor. What are you doing in my Latin class?
I don’t have a Latin class…
REDDA
Don’t you?
We’re in art class, Brother Redda.
You haven’t organized another one of those school strikes for the environment, have you?
No… But I was actually just leaving because…
Well, wouldn’t you know, how wrong I turned out to be…
I’m sorry, Brother, I’ve really got to pick up my shoes.
“Joseph, he said, Joseph, I told you so!” And I said, “So you did.”
I’m meeting someone in fifteen minutes so…
Remember this was still in 1972…
I will see you later, sir.
