Do all beings deserve equal and fair treatment? Society cares for the individual only so far as he or she is profitable. The play Bat Boy by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming is a about a half boy/half bat creature who is found in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. The sheriff heels Bat Boy to the home of the town’s veterinarian Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and presented to act like a "normal" boy. Meredith and Shelley, become progressively close with the Bat Boy, whom they name Edgar. Bat Boy is remarkably happy with his new life, but when he foolishly tries to fit in with the town’s people of Hope Falls they turn on him. After a simple night of pleased freedom, tragedy hits when Meredith finds Bat
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Meredith finally comes forward and tells the big secret of her being his mother in part two scene five, explaining that attachment to him which can be compared to a mother and her new born. Knowing that the revealing of the secret would bring consequences she still tells everyone the actuality of the extinction of Bat Boy, not knowing that in act two scene six it would bring her to death. Not just any death but the death of her husband stabbing her while trying to save her son from his father. Dr. Parker ties into this binary of creator vs creation for a few reason, one reason is he was actually the creator of Bat Boy. In part two scene six, Meredith comes forward and tells Dr. Parker and the rest of the town’s people how he was developing a pheromone to increase the birth yield in cattle. The pheromone was designed to stimulate the sexual arousal of the opposite sex in all animal cases, he accidently spilled the pheromone on Meredith causing the stimulation of himself upon her. Meredith was later attacked by bats as she walked home which some sort of consummation had happened. That alone …show more content…
Parker takes a knife and cuts his own neck, knowing that the smell of blood would drive Bat Boy to attack. While Bat Boy attacks the open gash, Dr. Parker manages to stab Bat Boy in the back and goes to do it again and manages to stab his
Meredith finally comes forward and tells the big secret of her being his mother in part two scene five, explaining that attachment to him which can be compared to a mother and her new born. Knowing that the revealing of the secret would bring consequences she still tells everyone the actuality of the extinction of Bat Boy, not knowing that in act two scene six it would bring her to death. Not just any death but the death of her husband stabbing her while trying to save her son from his father. Dr. Parker ties into this binary of creator vs creation for a few reason, one reason is he was actually the creator of Bat Boy. In part two scene six, Meredith comes forward and tells Dr. Parker and the rest of the town’s people how he was developing a pheromone to increase the birth yield in cattle. The pheromone was designed to stimulate the sexual arousal of the opposite sex in all animal cases, he accidently spilled the pheromone on Meredith causing the stimulation of himself upon her. Meredith was later attacked by bats as she walked home which some sort of consummation had happened. That alone …show more content…
Parker takes a knife and cuts his own neck, knowing that the smell of blood would drive Bat Boy to attack. While Bat Boy attacks the open gash, Dr. Parker manages to stab Bat Boy in the back and goes to do it again and manages to stab his