"Glengarry Glen Ross" Part two Blog

During the next part of the play I was somewhat confused but then figured out that Roma wanted Levene to pretend to be a client.  During the next little while Levene and Roma go back and forth with Levene pretending to be a D. Ray Morton.  It seemed that Levene was a little lost in what to say when he says, " No...Black Creek. Yes.  In Flordia?"(page 79).  I felt that Roma was having to say more and keep it going because Levene was about to ruin the act.  Lingk has no idea what is going on but needs to talk to Roma about what his wife has told him, but Roma does not want to listen.  Then Lingk says, "My wife said I have to cancel the deal"(page 82).  Once he says this Roma understands his wife's concern and tries to leave it at that.  Then Lingk tells him about his wife calling the Attorney and only having three days.  Once this is said I feel that Roma was in somewhat of a panic.  He tries to mess with Lingk about when the three days are up but he is smarter than that.

I found the next part to be funny because the Baylen comes back out and wants to speak to Levene, who is still pretending to be D. Ray Morton.  While deciding what to do, Aaronow comes out of the room mad.  He says, "I'm through, with this fucking meshugaas.  No one should talk to a man that way."(page 87).  From this we can tell that he is very frustrated with how the Baylen treated him in his interrogation.  During this, Levene rushes into the room with the Baylen so Lingk does not have time to figure out he is really not D. Ray Morton.  The Baylen soon comes out and wants to talk with Roma again who obviously gets mad at this.  He says, "It's not me that ripped the joint off, I'm doing business."(page 91).  Roma is clearly trying to talk with Lingk about his situation but is being interrupted and is getting annoyed about it.  

The next part was definitely my favorite.  Lingk goes on to tell Roma he does not have the power to work on the deal.  He is suppose to do what his wife has told him to and not listen to Roma.  Roma then gives Lingk an outlook on life and his marriage.  He says," Your life is your own.  You have a contract with your wife. You have certain things you do jointly, you have a bond there...and there are other things.  Those things are yours."(page 93).  Roma is trying to tell Lingk that although his wife is telling him to do something the decisions is also his choice.  He can make decisions on his own and not always have to follow his wife.  He also wants the deal to work out for him.  In this case he is also using his kind words for his own advantage.  

After this Williamson comes to wonder about how Levene knew of the contract.  He says,"Now how did you know that contract was on my desk?"(page 99).  I feel this kind of startled Levene but just went off on him saying he was wrong.  Williamson then says, "You robbed the office."(page 99).  Soon enough Williamson gets it out of Levene that he sure enough robbed the office.  He tells Levene if he tells him what he did with them he will not tell the Baylen anything.  He just wants to know from Levene himself what happened.  Levene tells him he sold them to Jerry Graff and then explains the price situation.  Levene says, "But it taught me something. What it taught me, that you've got to get out there."(page 101) he is saying that from the robbery he has learned a lot and feels it will help in become a better salesman.  

Once Williamson finds all this information out he says, "You've got a big mouth, and now I'm going to show you an even bigger one."(page 102) this shows that even though he said he wasn't going to turn him in he is definitely going to.  He wants to turn Levene in because he does not like him.  No matter what Levene offers Williamson he will not change his mind.  This worries Levene who knows he is about to get turned in.  Levene also finds out the huge sale he had made is worthless.  The men only like talking to salesmen but never follow through and the checks never clear.  Levene says, "John:...my daughter..."(page 104) this goes back to the beginning when he keeps trying to start a sob story with his daughter, but Williamson is not going to take it.  He does not care what Levene has to say anymore he just wants to turn him in.  

Roma then comes out from talking with the baylen and proceeds to tell Levene, "We are the members of a dying breed."(page 105) he wants them to become partners and work together.  However Roma does not know that Levene is the criminal and is being turned in that very moment.  Levene is soon called in to talk with the baylen and Roma is still clueless.  He tells Williamson of his plans but Williamson just tells him not to worry about it.  The play ends with Aaronow asking if they have caught the man that broke in but all Roma says is he doesn't know.  Although Williamson and Levene know of what happened they do not say anything to Roma or anyone else.  All together I felt this was a very interesting play and enjoyed reading it.