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She is serious and stern because her life has been difficult. Jay is the driving force of Lost in Yonkers, and a character whose circumstances have very much dictated his relationships with, and reactions to, those around him.
.Leave him alone, Uncle Louie.
However, the boys know they must stay with her while their father attempts to work himself out of debt selling iron. I have to love somebody who’ll love me before I die…give me that, Momma, and I promise you, you’ll never have to worry about being alonge…Because you’ll have us…Mea nd my husband and my babies…Louie, tell her how wonderful that would be…Gert, wouldn’t that make her happy?
.Leave him alone, Uncle Louie. This quality of protectiveness is one that is exhibited very often by Jay, not only for Arty, but for his father and the boys’ Aunt Bella as well.
You’re worse than that. Her son Eddie has asked. Both boys equally fear and admire their uncle at turns. She finally gets the courage to ask her stern mother and other family members for… Additionally, Bella reacts emotionally to her mother's sternness. It’s hard and it’s cold and I want to be warm and soft with my children…Let me have my babies, Momma. Give da boys an ice cream cone, Bella. Even though there are only two years between them, Jay feels a significant need to defend and protect Arty. Emily Dye 686 views. Where Grandma has no pity for the young boys, who she only sees as a nuisance and a testament to her son's disloyalty, Bella loves the boys like they are her own, and delights in making them a home in the apartment in Yonkers. Suddenly we are in the apartment, and we see Arty and Jay reading the letter late at night. What's her favorite thing in this room?" I started my own business. ( Log Out / Maybe you don’t rob banks or grocery stores or little old women. Immediately, she launches into a monologue about why she doesn't want them to live with her, that she doesn't like to talk and she works every day, and that they will not be happy there. Scene 2 opens with the sound of a train and a letter from Eddie to the boys read in voiceover. I’ll say something … I think about dis inside. .
Jay is the driving force of Lost in Yonkers, and a character whose circumstances have very much dictated his relationships with, and reactions to, those around him.
resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Jay is fifteen years old, and he and his brother, Arty(thirteen,) are staying with their grandmother, who cruelly seeks to crush the children’s natural emotions by making them fear her. …. She immediately notices that Jay has been crying and tells him, "Big boys shouldn't cry." Cheshire, CT, Pericles
Well, everyone in Yonkers is afraid of Grandma. Beacause I have to love somebody. A New Musical Comedy - Stay-at-Home Version. Simon & Schuster, 1998, pp.107-108.
In this section, the premise of the play is revealed, as we learn that Arty and Jay will be left behind with their eccentric and dysfunctional extended family while their father is away settling his debts.
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After telling the boys to turn off the light, Grandma goes back to bed. The nephew’s Uncle Louie, who they strongly believe is involved with a mob, shows up mysteriously one night, and stays with the family for a few weeks, making their lives even more difficult.
As they start to go, Bella asks the boys what they like to eat, preparing for them to stay.
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Arty offers, "What if one night we cut off Grandma's braids and sold it to the army for barbed wire?". This is the first time we see either of them stand up to him, after their uncle is insisting that Arty reach into his mysterious black bag, as the boys have questioned what is in it, strongly believing it is stolen funds that their uncle is surviving off of. Isn’t that how we’re supposed to be?…But my babies won’t die because I’ll love them and take care of them…And they won’t get sick like me or Gert or be weak like Eddie and Louie…My babies will be happier than we were because I’ll teach them to be happy…Not to grow up and run away or never visit when they’re older or not be able to breathe because they’re so frightened…and never, ever to make them spend their lives rubbing my back and my legs because you never had anyone around who loved you enough tot want to touch you because you made it so clear that you never wanted to be touched with love…Do you know what it’s like to touch steel, Momma? When she asks them to tell her why they want to live with her, they do their best to flatter her, but Arty tells her that they have no place to go. For full extended monologue, refer to the script edition cited here:
Lost in Yonkers: Jay (Neil Simon, 1990) September 4, ... You make fun of my father because he cried and was afraid of Grandma. At least he’s doing something in this war.
She goes on to say that ever since Eddie married the boys' mother, they never came around and that she turned them all against her. ( Log Out / I didn't haff time...Dot's how I vas raised. Arty generally succumbs to his grandmother’s abuse, but Jay is much more resistant.
I’ve worked in that store and taken care of you by myself since I’m twelve years old, that’s how strong I am…Like steel, Momma. She tells Eddie that Grandma was mean to her, but he comforts her by telling her that Arty and Jay are going to come live with her and Grandma, which makes her happy. She asks Eddie to stay too, telling him that Grandma is mean, but he tells her that they'll be fine and sends her to go lie down in the bedroom so Grandma can talk to the boys, but she wants to stay. ( Log Out /
Well, everyone in Yonkers is afraid of Grandma. .
However, the boys know they must stay with her while their father attempts to work himself out of debt selling iron. Arty and Jay are the main characters in Part I. You’re worse than that. We’re not rich people, boys. Selected monologues from Lost in Yonkers including video examples, context and character information. This monologue also clearly drives home the brotherly protection Jay feels for Arty.
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Not like a man, like a child he cried. He’s sick and he’s tired but he’s out there selling iron to make ships and tanks and cannons. . Dot's vy you Vant to live vith . She asks the boys to keep her secret, then tells them that she wants to call the restaurant "La Bella Johnny."
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And let me tell you something about my father. Eddie goes back into the bedroom and the boys fret about the possibility of Grandma saying "Yes," strategizing about how they might be able to convince their father not to leave them with her.
. Leave him alone, Uncle Louie. .
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