Waiting for Godot

Strange. Peculiar. Odd.

All three describe the way I feel about the Godot story. Seemingly waiting for a man that may never come is hardly interesting, but what becomes interesting is what they do while waiting for Godot. GoGo and DiDi's characters come out. I am baffled by a story such as this that begins with one of them trying to get a boot off. How does one make a story line out of a beginning like that!?

The strange part about this story so far is that the scene is simple, yet they have a way of making things complex and misshapen. They talk about the Bible and other things that in someways have nothing to do with each other, yet have EVERYTHING to do with each other.

I wonder if these two men even know Godot or if they are waiting for him like a child waits for a mailman to give him the package he's been waiting for. When Estragon states, "There is nothing to be done." Does that imply that nothing IS to literally be done throughout the entire play? Because to an outsider reading this play for the first time, it sure feels that way intentionally.

Vladimir takes on a whole new ball of wax for me. He talks, a lot. His mind seems to never stop racing with things to talk about. When Estragon doesn't feel like having a conversation the whole time , Vladimir gets frustrated and says things like "GoGo why can't you return the ball every once and awhile?" I think that's a play on words and conversation. At first when I read that, I thought he was talking to a dog. The way the conversation usually plays out, it seems more of a cat and mouse kind of dialog.

So far, from what I have read, it seems like the two men are close and support each others dreams and ambition. I think they also support each others ideas on topics, but also challenge each other to understand their surroundings deeper and more meaningfully.

Waiting for a person that may never come seems odd to me, but I also see the deeper element into why this play was a success. As I read on further and come to what will probably be an open-ended conclusion, I will be able to state more about Godot. As of right now, the play is rattling my brain and the characters are hilarious!