Reflection on The Caretaker

I personally didn’t enjoy reading The Caretaker, by Harold Pinter. The play is ample with non-sequitors and the writing style doesn’t make the reader engaged in the reading. The text contains long speeches of the characters inner ideas or interrupted dialogue. The conversations that take place between the characters contain a lot of interruptions this confuses the reader. The three main characters in the play are Mick, his brother Aston , and Davies. The play is set in Mick’s house. The stage directions are were very useful they helped me visualize the play in front of me and understand clearly what was happening. Although I found it annoying to keep looking at the back of the book, where there was a diagram drawn. One absurd thing that occurs in the play is when the characters argue over the owner of the bag. They continue to argue until the bag is finally opened , and Davies realizes that the bag they’ve been fighting over isn’t the one he left at the place. I also didn’t like the ending of the play. It wasn’t very clear to me. It seems that the brothers are turning Davies out of what may be his last chance for shelter.