Enemy of the People

I actually enjoyed this play, it was very interesting and grabbed my attention from the start. I was impressed with the acting and the stage setup.

I would like to start out talking about my least favorite character in the play, Peter Stockman. I know, surprise surprise, he is probably everyone's least favorite character, but he annoyed me. I'm aware that this play takes place in a different time period but think about it. If that SAME EXACT character lived among people in today’s society how long would he last? He aggravated me, he really did. Peter Stockman was extremely selfish and his main focus seemed to make people continue their visits. He was the one to turn the whole town against Dr. Stockman. The truth is that the springs had a bacteria in them but Peter would not let this get out to the public.

In reality, this could’ve possibly helped the town. If more people were seeing that they were going to fix the problem and actually did, I believe people would still visit the town.

Dr. Stockman was awesome. He never took anything less than what he thought was right no matter how many people were against him. He is, in fact, the character of the play that I definitely relate to. I stand behind what I think is right until it’s proven otherwise no matter what, however, I have not yet had an entire town come against me. In that case, even more respect to Dr. Stockman. He did not “give in” to what the rest of the town had to say because he had proof in the palm of his hand and no one’s word was going to change that.

What really caught my eye is that Dr. Stockman taught his children to stand firm in what they believe and never let other people influence you when you have the facts. That is what real men do.