Group members: Bruce Zhang

Character Objective Evidence Conflict Evidence Personality Evidence

Life Win the LIFE: She has to DEATH: Intelligent LIFE:

game to (Earnestly) play the (Impatiently) Loving (Beginning
save But I want game in How many Caring to count her
Youth these two, order to times must I losses again)
and Girl whether I save these tell you that Two
win or two the game hundred
lose. I must be thousand,
really played! It's seventy-five,
must have the law--you three
them. know it as hundred and
well as I do. ten. (Looking
up.) I must
never let
him know
how much I
mind losing
soldiers.
They are the
flower of
youth--there
are
dreamers
among
them...
Death Enjoy the DEATH: Life is DEATH: Evil DEATH:
fun of the Well, it competing Come, Scheming (Grumbling)
game was a with him sister. Be Biased A favor. A
good game. All's favor. Now
game after fair in isn't that just
all. You everything like a
see, that's but the dice. woman? I
the And just never saw
difference think. one yet who
between was willing
you and to abide by
me; you the results
play to of a fair
win, and I game.
 play for
the fun of
the thing.
Girl Find love GIRL: Falling in GIRL: To be Innocent GIRL: No,
or die What are love with supremely Emotional No. Love
all these ... Youth happy for a Paranoid understands.
without moment--an They didn't.
Love? hour--that is They wanted
worth living to buy me in
for! order to
destroy me.
That is why I
stamped on
their
flowers.
Youth Find love YOUTH: If Falling in YOUTH: Yes. Emotional YOUTH: If I
or die I cannot love with But we will Naïve cannot have
have love Girl have lived. Fantasy love to
to warm Until then, warm me, I
me, I Death, you cannot
cannot are create
create Powerless. I beauty. And
beauty. fear you not, if I cannot
And if I and I will create
cannot guard her beauty, I will
create from you. not live!
beauty, I
will not
live!

What is the moral lesson that the playwright wants

to teach us? Provide evidence from the text.
I believe the playwright is teaching us how every life matters, and encourages the reader to
pursue their dreams and love. The lesson of every life matter is mostly conveyed by Life’s
respect to every individual and moans at every death she gets. For encouraging the reader to
pursue love and dreams is by describing how love is eventually found at last and dreamers are
what Life values the most, which is said in this line: “LIFE: (Beginning to count her losses again)
Two hundred thousand, seventy-five, three hundred and ten. (Looking up.) I must never let him
know how much I mind losing soldiers. They are the flower of youth--there are dreamers among
them...”