BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


True West Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Sam Shepard
About 66 pages (19,834 words)
True West (play) Summary

Bookmark and Share Questions on this work? Just ask!

Act 2, Scene 7 Summary

Austin is drunk and singing, which is distracting Lee, who is seated at the table trying to write his script, painfully pecking away at the keys, one finger at a time. Austin continues to interrupt with a drunken dialogue about how Saul thinks Austin and Lee are the same person. Lee suggests he ease off the booze or leave the house, but Austin tells Lee he is enjoying his company for the first time. Austin attempts to remind Lee of their places in life - his as a scriptwriter and Lee is a common criminal. Lee reminds Austin that he is the one now making a living as a writer. Austin then tells Lee he could succeed at Lee's profession as well. Austin attempts to get Lee to wager that he.....

This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 470 words. This study guide contains 19,834 words (approx. 66 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our True West Access Pass.

Ask any question on True West (play) and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
True West from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy