Anna in the Tropics

In the play Anna in the Tropics I saw two different major conflict one between the Owners of the factor and wheater they should install machines. If the owner Santiago put in machines a lot of workers would lose their jobs; on the ther hand if he put in the machines he can boost production of his cigars. The other conflict i can see is between Juan Julian, Cheche, Palomo. Cheche conflict with Juan Julian is the fact that Juan Julian is a lector and his wife ran off with the last lecterand Palomo sees his wife is have an affair with the new lector. Cheche and Palomo represent jealousy and Juan Julian represents sensitivity and romance.   On the other hand I think Santiago and most of his family represent the appreciation of had work. Santiago seems to prefer quality of over quantity; on the other hand his brother thinks the opposite and would rather install the machines and lay off the workers. The turning point between Juan Julian and the men was when Palomo saw Conchita kissing the lector in the factory. The turning point between Santiago and the machines is when Cheche brought the cigar rolling machine and was trying to convince Santiago that the new machines would modernize their factory and boost sales. The climax of the conflict between Juan Julian and the men was when Cheche got drunk and shot Juan Julian out of hate he had for lectors. The climax for Santiago is when he decided to not use the machines and keep the workers. Santiago also decided to make a new cigar and put his daughter picture on it to boost sales. In the end Palomo recognized what his wife had seen in the lector and change his ways. The Santiago family realized that they had made the right decision keeping the old traditions were the right thing to do. I really had a good time watching this play. I didn’t think that I would. I found myself intrigue by the actors and their performance. I was always wondering what was going to happen next. The difference between viewing this play and seeing a movie is I could feel the situations the actors were portraying. I felt like I was in the cigar factory; watching the event of the day takes place. Seeing a movie is entertaining but the feeling of seeing this play had a different feel to it. The performance was very believable and lot of feeling behind it. This was my first live play. The experience of seeing this production change what my perception of what live theater is.