


You're a Hollywood hasbeen who's never written anything in his life. NORTON: I'm telling you, it's shit! Like, who the fuck do you think you are? Raymond Carver was a genius. GradeSaver, 8 November 2020 Web.KEATON: So what I want to know is, what do we talk about when we talk about love? "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Study Guide: Analysis". Next Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Previous Section Quotes How To Cite in MLA Format Oscar, Elizabeth. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. The characters are disillusioned with love and eventually become agitated. Roo displays her annoyance by shattering the seventeenth doll. The two men’s optimism of love fails miserably. On the other hand, Roo has trusted Olive for all those years, but when he requests her to stay in her place, she becomes mad at him. Barney has been in love with Nancy for sixteen summers but is shocked to learn that she has gotten married. The play shows how illusions of love break inevitably.

Finally, the lovers sever ties, and Barney and Roo leave. Roo insists on staying with Olive in her place. The main characters know that they are aging, and they must get settled soon. After the outing, Pearl confesses to Olive that Barney has not taken her to a fabulous place. Pearl is appalled by Barney’s baby mothers. When Pearl and Barney finally manage to meet, Pearl is not impressed with Barney. Therefore, this summer, he has brought the seventeenth kewpie doll. Bubba, Olive’s neighbor, has been envying their lifestyle.Įvery summer, Roo brings Olive a kewpie doll. The seventeenth summer is different from other summers because Nancy is married, and Roo has lost his job. In every summer, Roo makes out with Olive and Barney with Nancy. Pearl is considered an ideal woman to substitute for Nancy.

Olive is forced to get another woman friend to replace Nancy. Before the seventeenth summer, Nancy gets married. The two friends and co-workers have spent their last sixteen summers with two city women, namely Olive and Nancy. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.īarney and Roo are cane-cutters in tropical Queensland. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
