Waiting For Godot and Seinfeld

Waiting for Godot, Act 1, was an interesting read. By the time I was done reading I thought to myself, ‘what did I just read?’. The story opens up with Vladimir and Estragon trying to get their boots off. These two boys are best friends and have been together for a long time. Their life is simple, as far as the reader can tell thus far. They spend their days stealing, and then waiting for Godot. On the current day they have been waiting for a long time near a tree. The boys seemed bored while they are waiting. Vladimir is playing with his hat, while Estragon tries for a long time to get his boot off. Estragon falls asleep and has a dream. Vladimir wakes him up because he feels lonely. When he wakes up he starts to tell Estragon his dream. Estragon does not want to hear about the dream and Vladimir gets mad and decides they would be better if they were a part. But before long Vladimir comes back and sits with Estragon. The boys can’t figure out what they should do while they are waiting for Godot. One suggests they hang themselves, but then the other says they should just wait for Godot and ask him what they should do. Soon they hear a cry from and the distance and decide to wait and see what id heading their way.

As I was reading this it reminded me of watching an episode of ‘Seinfeld’ or ‘Friends’. There was a lot of talking, but nothing really going on. The story was a lot about nothing. The two close friends are defiantly dependent on each other, and cannot do anything without the other being included. For example when one was sleeping the other woke him up, when one was taking off his boot, he wanted the other to help. I am not sure what this story is about yet, hopefully there will be more understanding in the future acts.