The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Act I

      I guess the only way I can relate to this play is that Tillie seems to be cast aside by her mother because she likes different things. Tillie is so passionate about science and her mother does not care because she is too occupied with her own problems. I do feel bad for Tillie, especially when she was one of the top five student in the science fair and all her mother did was yell at her.
    I think that this is sort of the same with teenagers now. If you don't like the same things as everyone else and "go with the flow", you're sort of cast to the side and people try to ignore that you like different things. This is what Tillie goes through. When Tillie mentions her interest in science, you can see the disapproval of her mother but, her mother chooses to ignore it until it has to be acknowledged.