Lost In Yonkers Relationships

In Lost In Yonkers by Neil Simon , Jay and Arthur are forced to live with their strict Grandmother and their Aunt Bella. This is set in the time of World War 2 where there weren’t as many jobs available. Jay and Arty are forced to live with their Grandma because their father made a deal with someone and needs to repay them nine thousand dollars. There was a very powerful feeling of love. There were different kinds of love throughout the play . The author Neil Simon used his personal experience to help the play seem more real. One of the kinds of love least talked about is Eddie Jay and Arthur’s dad and his wife who died of cancer. In the play Eddie talked to his sons about how he got into debt. He mentions that he wanted to make his wife comfortable on her last days and that is the kind of love that can never be tarnished or broken. It is the kind of feeling that you would do anything for that person. The next kind of love is the natural kind of love that you don’t have to talk about to know that it’s there. This is evident with Jay and Arthur. Although it was never really brought up, you can feel this natural sort of love between them. They are brothers and they did grow up together this is a kind of sibling love. Sometimes

When he was younger he was kicked out of movie theatres a lot for laughing too loud. Much like how bella goes to the movies a lot in this play. He used his personal experiences in his plays. His parents had a very unhealthy marriage which led to him finding solace in comedies. Hi family had financial hardship. Much like this family. He would sometimes block out his parents arguing by putting a pillow over his head at night, like gert. When he was younger he was sometimes forced to live with relatives because of financial issues. Like how Jay and Arthur had to.He had to take care of himself from a young age, like Louie. Him and his brothers were close. Like Jay and