Essays on Georgie

UCF's production of the play Theresa Rebeck's Spike Heels was an entertaining and thought-provoking portrayal of the play by Theresa Rebeck, taking the anxieties of working professionals of both sexes in the 20th century and exploring them in a fun, breezy way. While the production did not seem to take an especially risky series of choices with regards to their production, the acting, direction and more worked quite well in presenting a straightforward and entertaining version of the play.

Spike Heels was Theresa Rebeck's first play to receive wide recognition, and was one of many plays during this era to explore ...

Emergency is set in the emergency department of a hospital. In this interesting and unique tale, readers are introduced to an unreliable narrator and his equally questionable friend. Both in reality and as a result of drug induced hallucination, Johnson exploits the use of place in both setting up and accentuating the themes of the story.

The narrator has been working in the hospital as a clerk for the last few weeks. He had his friend, Georgie, abuse drugs, and Georgie takes them illegally from the medical supplies in the hospital. The nature of the story lends itself to being set in a ...

“Emergency” is set in the emergency department of a hospital. In this interesting and unique tale, readers are introduced to an unreliable narrator and his equally questionable friend. Both in reality and as a result of drug induced hallucination, Johnson exploits the use of place in both setting up and accentuating the themes of the story. The narrator has been working in the hospital as a clerk for the last few weeks. He had his friend, Georgie, abuse drugs, and Georgie takes them illegally from the medical supplies in the hospital. The nature of the story lends itself to being set ...

The story is about a young boy, Georgie Burgess who lives in the city of Tampa, the State of Florida with his alcoholic mother, and her ever-abusive boyfriend Steve (Hunt 1). The story has been set in Georgie’s neighborhood, a dilapidated and insecure part of the city. He everything, he does not know his father and never sure about himself. This is because she spends all her time drinking or passed out. Steve visits occasionally and when he does, he beats Georgie to unconsciousness. The mother depends on Steve’s money for bills and she cannot protect her child from ...