Reality can be a difficult thing to swallow. Books, movies, and televisions shows often do their best to make sure people do not have to always see the harsh light of reality that shows in everyday life. They show a more romanticized version of real life, and characters appear to receive some brilliant stroke of luck just when the going gets tough. Even in supposed “Reality TV”, people tend to have incredible fortune, and lack the struggles with things like finances, romance, or boredom. Things always seem to be going wonderfully in the lives of the characters. Every person who reads or watches these pieces of fiction realizes that this is not how life actually works. Some folks in history have become dissatisfied with the simplicity and unrealistic reality that is created in these works. They have changed they way art is made by giving it a truly …show more content…
From a young age, he captured the attention of friends and family by performing his own little plays with his friends. He expressed interest in the arts from a young age, and his parents were thrilled to see the young boy encaptured in something so wonderful. They encouraged John to pursue his dreams, and they held the utmost faith in his capabilities to make it in the world of theatre. For his twelfth birthday, John received a typewriter, so he would be able to continue to write plays. His parents even purchased a co-op apartment in Queens, so that even if he didn’t make much money, he’d always have a place to call home. Filled with the support of his parents, Guare pursued his dreams. While attending college at Georgetown, he submitted pieces every year to a playwriting competition, and took second with his musical, The Toadstool Boy. Guare also worked at the National Theatre, checking coats, helping with advertising, selling orange juice, and running the lost and found. He continued his education in a program specifically for playwriting at the Yale School of