Waiting for Godot

Applying to College
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<p>Is that a book or a play?</p>

<p>Another thing I learned on this board. A play is a book until
it is produced. Then it comes alive as a play ... until it grows
old and dies, when it becomes a book again. Perhaps resurrected
by a new generation if it's good enough.</p>

<p>So I'm in at my safety and also Second Choice, both in Socal.</p>

<p>Waiting for four schools in my first choice bucket.
If I believe everything I read on this board, I may be waiting for Godot.
Perhaps I'm destined to be in Disneyland or Hollywood!</p>

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<p>haha wow, you're random. I guess it fits with the exiistential theme ;)</p>

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<p>waiting for godot is a play, if that was a serious question.</p>

<p>and i have to say, in many ways the college process is akin to that play.</p>

<p>"Let's go"
"We can't"
"Why not?"
"We're waiting for Godot"
Pause
"Ah"</p>

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<p>Just read this a week ago in AP Lit. Here is your Moment of Zen:</p>

<p>"Estragon: Well, shall we go?</p>

<p>Vladimir: Yes, let's go.</p>

<p>They do not move."</p>

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<p>i love waiting for godot!!! it is probably my favorite piece of literature of all time. i just wrote a 15-page research paper about it. Samuel Beckett is a genius...</p>

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<p>I thought overall it was pretty good, and I really thought the thematic elements were interesting, but the text itself I found a bit tedious at times simply because of how repetitive it was (and yeah, I know that was part of the point)</p>

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<p>lol.. for those that love waiting for godot, i sincerely recommend Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.. both in book and movie form (both are by the same guy)</p>

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<p>I saw the movie ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead") before readin' the play. I was mildly confused trying to follow the movie while flippin' through the play. Never saw/read "Waiting for Godot", but the pastiche my sister did of it received high marks, so I suppose she followed the style well and when she read her pastiche out to me, I didn't like it. Made no sense to me. :p I prefer straight, has a point that isn't too obscure plays/books. :D</p>

<p>Though I did like the "game" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern played on the "badminton court". And it did make sense a bit since we read Hamlet along with it...</p>

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<p>I am actually writing a short paper on the "Theatre of the Absurd" for R and G.</p>